Ebenezer
English
editEtymology
editFrom Hebrew אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר (éven ha`ézer, “stone of help”).
Pronunciation
edit- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɛbəˈnizɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛbəˈniːzə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːzə(ɹ)
Proper noun
editEbenezer
- (biblical) The stone memorial in Israel erected by Samuel.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 7:12:
- Then Samuel tooke a ſtone, and ſet it betweene Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-Ezer, ſaying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped vs.
- 1759, Robert Robinson, “Hymn I”, in A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Church of Christ: Meeting in Angel-Alley[1], page 3:
- Here I raiſe my Eben-ezer,
Hither by thy Grace I'm come;
So I hope by thy good Pleaſure,
Shortly to arrive at Home:
- A male given name from Hebrew taken up by Puritans in the 17th century.
- 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the page number)”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:
- "I have none to give," the Ghost replied. "It comes from other regions, Ebenezer Scrooge, and is conveyed by other ministers, to other kinds of men."
- A ghost town in Georgia, United States.
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Translations
editNoun
editEbenezer (plural Ebenezers)
- A chapel or meetinghouse.
Cebuano
editEtymology
editFrom English Ebenezer, from Hebrew אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר (éven ha`ézer, “stone of help”).
Proper noun
editEbenezer
- a male given name from English [in turn from Hebrew]
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:Ebenezer.
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Ebenezer. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: Ebe‧ne‧zer
Proper noun
editEbenezer n
- A neighbourhood of Sint Maarten
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- nl:Neighborhoods in Sint Maarten
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