Esdras

Esdras

Esdras on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Esdras on Wikisource.Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

English

Etymology

From Latin Esdrās, from Ancient Greek Ἔσδρᾱς (Ésdrās), from Hebrew עזרא‎ (Ezra). Doublet of Ezra.

Proper noun

Esdras

1. (biblical) any of four books of the Old Testament and Apocrypha of the Bible.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Esd.

Usage notes

Depending upon which Bible is being examined there are two or four Books of Esdras, with different names and numbering systems. Wikipedia has an article Esdras with a table explaining this.

Related terms

• Ezra

Translations

any of four books

Afrikaans: Esra (af) Basque: Esdras (eu) Breton: Ezra (br) m Cebuano: Esdras Chinese: Min Dong: 以士拉書 (Ī-sê̤ṳ-lá-cṳ̆) Czech: Ezdráš m Danish: Ezra (da) Dutch: Ezra (nl) m Estonian: Esra raamat (et) Finnish: Esra (fi) m French: Esdras (fr) German: Esra (de) Hawaiian: ʻEzera Ido: Esdras (io) m Irish: Easdras (ga) Italian: Esdra (it) Latin: Esdras m, Esdrae (la) m Latvian: Ezra (lv) m Limburgish: Ezra Lithuanian: Ezros knyga (lt) f Maltese: Il-Ktieb ta' Esdra (mt) m Norwegian: Esra (no) m Polish: Księga Ezdrasza f Portuguese: Esdras (pt) Romanian: Ezra (ro) m Scots: Ezra Slovak: Ezdráš m Slovene: Ezra (sl) m Spanish: Esdras (es) Swedish: Esra (sv) m Tagalog: Ezra (tl) m Waray-Waray: Esdras Welsh: Esra (cy) m West Frisian: Ezra

Anagrams

• SDAers, Sardes, Serdas, sarsed

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.dʁa/, /ɛs.dʁɑ/

Proper noun

Esdras m

1. (biblical) Ezra
2. (biblical) Esdras

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Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἔσδρᾱς (Ésdrās).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈes.draːs/, [ˈɛs̠d̪räːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈes.dras/, [ˈɛzd̪räs]

Proper noun

Esdrās m sg (genitive Esdrae); first declension

1. Ezra

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Esdrās
Genitive	Esdrae
Dative	Esdrae
Accusative	Esdrān
Ablative	Esdrā
Vocative	Esdrā

Descendants

• English: Esdras

Further reading

• Liber Esdrae on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
• Liber Esdrae on the Latin Wikisource.Wikisource ^la

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Esdrās, from Ancient Greek Ἔσδρᾱς (Ésdrās), from Hebrew עֶזְרָא‎.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛz.dɾɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛz.dɾɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʒ.dɾɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛz.dɾas/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʒ.dɾɐʃ/ [ˈɛʒ.ðɾɐʃ]

Proper noun

Esdras m

1. (biblical) Ezra; Esdras (any of four books of the Bible)
2. (biblical) Ezra; Esdras (Jewish high priest)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈesdɾas/ [ˈez.ð̞ɾas]
• Rhymes: -esdɾas
• Syllabification: Es‧dras

Proper noun

Esdras m

1. (bible) Ezra (the book of the Bible)