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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - עֶזְרָא
עֶזְרָא
H5830
Transliteration: ʻEzrâʼ
Pronunciation: ez-raw'
Definition: Ezra
Original: עזרא Transliteration: ‛ezrâ' Phonetic: ez-raw'
BDB Definition:
Ezra = "help"- the priest and scribe who led the reforms of the returned exiles in Jerusalem; co-worker with Nehemiah
- a priest with Zerubbabel
- another post-exilic Jew