Ezra
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From the Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā). Doublet of Esdras.
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Ezra (countable and uncountable, plural Ezras)
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- (biblical) The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.
- A Jewish high priest from the fifth century BC.
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
- A surname from Hebrew.
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- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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.
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book of the Bible
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Jewish high priest
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male given name
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Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ezra is the 37341st 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 edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ezra”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 542.
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Ezra
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Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא.
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Ezra m
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Unadapted borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā)
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Ezra (accusative Ezran)
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Ezra m (4th declension)
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Declension of Ezra (4th declension)
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Ezra ?
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Ezra
- (biblical) Ezra (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible)
See also edit
- (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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Ezra (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇ)