Ezra

Ezra

English

Alternative forms

• Ez., Ezr. (book of the Bible)

Etymology

From the Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא‎ (ʿezrā). Doublet of Esdras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛzɹə/

• Audio (southern England)

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Proper noun

Ezra (countable and uncountable, plural Ezras)

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1. (biblical) The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.
2. A Jewish high priest from the fifth century BC.
3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
4. A surname from Hebrew.

Quotations

• 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Ezra 7:6:

  This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.

Translations

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Esra (af) Basque: Esdras (eu) Breton: Ezra (br) m Catalan: Esdres Cebuano: Esdras Chinese: Cantonese: 以斯拉記／以斯拉记, 以斯拉记 (ji5 si1 laai1 gei3) Hakka: 以斯拉記／以斯拉记, 以斯拉记 (Yî-sṳ̂-lâ-ki) Mandarin: 以斯拉記／以斯拉记 (zh) (Yǐsīlājì) Min Dong: 以士拉書 (Ī-sê̤ṳ-lá-cṳ̆) Corsican: Esdra (co) Czech: Ezdráš m Danish: Ezra (da) Dutch: Ezra (nl) m Estonian: Esra raamat (et) Finnish: Esra (fi) French: Esdras (fr) m German: Esra (de) m Greek: Έσδρας (el) m (Ésdras) Hawaiian: ʻEzera Hebrew: עֶזְרָא‎ (he) m (ezrá) Hungarian: Ezsdrás (hu) Icelandic: Esra (is) m Ido: Esdras (io) Irish: Leabhar Eazrá m, Eazrá m Italian: Esdra (it) Japanese: エズラ記 (Ezura ki) Kazakh: Езра (Ezra) Latin: Esdrae (la) m Latvian: Ezra (lv) m Limburgish: Ezra Lithuanian: Ezros knyga (lt) f Maltese: Il-Ktieb ta' Esdra (mt) Maori: Etera (mi) Norwegian: Esra (no) Polish: Księga Ezdrasza f Portuguese: Esdras (pt) m Romanian: Ezra (ro) m Scots: Ezra Scottish Gaelic: Ezra (gd) m Slovak: Ezdráš m Slovene: Ezra (sl) Spanish: Esdras (es) m Swahili: Uzeri (sw) class 14 Swedish: Esra (sv) Tagalog: Ezra (tl) m Waray-Waray: Esdras Welsh: Esra (cy) m West Frisian: Ezra Zealandic: Ezra

Jewish high priest

Afrikaans: Esra (af) Armenian: Եզրաս (hy) (Ezras), Եզր (Ezr) Basque: Esdras (eu) Breton: Ezra (br) m Catalan: Esdres m Cebuano: Esdras Chinese: Cantonese: 以斯拉 (ji5 si1 laai1) Hakka: 以斯拉 (Yî-sṳ̂-lâ) Mandarin: 以斯拉 (Yǐsīlā) Min Dong: 以士拉 (Ī-sê̤ṳ-lá) Min Nan: 以斯拉 (Í-su-la̍h) Corsican: Esdra (co) Czech: Ezdráš m Danish: Ezra (da) m Dutch: Ezra (nl) m Estonian: Esra Finnish: Esra (fi) French: Esdras (fr) German: Esra (de) m Greek: Έσδρας (el) (Ésdras) Ancient: Ἔσδρας (Ésdras) Hawaiian: ʻEzera Hebrew: עֶזְרָא‎ (he) m (ezrá) Hungarian: Ezsdrás (hu) Icelandic: Esra (is) m Ido: Esdras (io) Irish: Eazrá m Italian: Esdra (it) m Japanese: エズラ (Ezura) Kazakh: Ғұзайыр (Ğūzaiyr) Latin: Esdrās m Latvian: Ezra (lv) m Limburgish: Ezra Lithuanian: Ezra m Maore Comorian: Ezra Norwegian: Esra (no) m Persian: عزیر‎ (Uzayr) Polish: Ezdrasz (pl) m Portuguese: Esdras (pt) m Romanian: Ezra (ro) m Russian: Е́здра (ru) m (Jézdra) Scots: Ezra Scottish Gaelic: Ezra (gd) m Slovak: Ezdráš m Slovene: Ezra (sl) m Spanish: Esdras (es) m Swahili: Uzeri (sw) class 14 Swedish: Esra (sv) Tagalog: Ezra (tl) m Turkish: Üzeyir (tr) Waray-Waray: Esdras Welsh: Esra (cy) m West Frisian: Ezra Zealandic: Ezra

male given name

Afrikaans: Esra (af) Basque: Esdras (eu) Breton: Ezra (br) m Cebuano: Esdras Chinese: Min Dong: 以士拉 (Ī-sê̤ṳ-lá) Corsican: Esdra (co) Czech: Ezdráš m Danish: Ezra (da) m Dutch: Ezra (nl) m Estonian: Esra Finnish: Esra (fi) m French: Esdras (fr) m German: Esra (de) m Greek: Έσδρας (el) m (Ésdras) Hawaiian: ʻEkela Hungarian: Ezsdrás (hu) Icelandic: Esra (is) m Ido: Esdras (io) Italian: Esdra (it) m Japanese: エズラ (Ezura) Latin: Esdrās m Latvian: Ezra (lv) m Limburgish: Ezra Lithuanian: Ezra m Norwegian: Esra (no) m Polish: Ezdrasz (pl) m Portuguese: Esdras (pt) m Romanian: Ezra (ro) m Russian: Э́здра m (Ézdra), Е́здра (ru) m (Jézdra), Э́зра m (Ézra) Scots: Ezra Scottish Gaelic: Ezra (gd) m Slovak: Ezdráš m Slovene: Ezra (sl) m Spanish: Esdras (es) m Swahili: Uzeri (sw) class 14 Swedish: Esra (sv) c Tagalog: Ezra (tl) m Waray-Waray: Esdras Welsh: Esra (cy) m West Frisian: Ezra Zealandic: Ezra

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ezra is the 37341^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 597 individuals. Ezra is most common among White (70.35%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (14.24%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ezra”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 542.

Anagrams

• Azer, Azer., Reza, raze

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Danish

Proper noun

Ezra

1. Ezra (the fifteenth book of the Bible)
2. Ezra (a Biblical character)

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Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.raː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Ez‧ra

Proper noun

Ezra m

1. Ezra (the fifteenth book of the Bible)
2. Ezra (a Jewish high priest and Biblical character)

Anagrams

• raze

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈezra]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: E‧zra

Proper noun

Ezra (accusative Ezran)

1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

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Latvian

Proper noun

Ezra m (4th declension)

1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

Declension

Declension of Ezra (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Ezra	Ezras
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Ezru	Ezras
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Ezras	Ezru
dative (datīvs)	Ezrai	Ezrām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Ezru	Ezrām
locative (lokatīvs)	Ezrā	Ezrās
vocative (vokatīvs)	Ezra	Ezras

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Slovene

Proper noun

Ezra ?

1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Proper noun

Ezra

1. (biblical) Ezra (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible)

See also

• (books of the Protestant Old Testament: vitabu vya Agano la Kale) Mwanzo (“Genesis”), Kutoka (“Exodus”), Walawi (“Leviticus”), Hesabu (“Numbers”), Kumbukumbu (“Deuteronomy”), Yoshua (“Joshua”), Waamuzi (“Judges”), Ruthu (“Ruth”), Samueli 1 (“1 Samuel”), Samueli 2 (“2 Samuel”), Wafalme 1 (“1 Kings”), Wafalme 2 (“2 Kings”), Mambo ya Nyakati 1 (“1 Chronicles”), Mambo ya Nyakati 2 (“2 Chronicles”), Ezra (“Ezra”), Nehemia (“Nehemiah”), Esta (“Esther”), Yobu (“Job”), Zaburi (“Psalms”), Methali (“Proverbs”), Mhubiri (“Ecclesiastes”), Wimbo Bora (“Song of Solomon”), Isaya (“Isaiah”), Yeremia (“Jeremiah”), Maombolezo (“Lamentations”), Ezekieli (“Ezekiel”), Danieli (“Daniel”), Hosea (“Hosea”), Yoeli (“Joel”), Amosi (“Amos”), Obadia (“Obadiah”), Yona (“Jonah”), Mika (“Micah”), Nahumu (“Nahum”), Habakuki (“Habakkuk”), Sefania (“Zephaniah”), Hagai (“Haggai”), Zekaria (“Zechariah”), Malaki (“Malachi”) ^{(Category: sw:Books of the Bible) [edit]}

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ez‧ra
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔesɾa/, [ˈʔes.ɾɐ]

Proper noun

Ezra (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇ)

1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras