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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"
  1. the priest and scribe who led the reforms of the returned exiles in Jerusalem; co-worker with Nehemiah
  2. a priest with Zerubbabel
  3. another post-exilic Jew

Origin: a variation of H5833" class="dictionary-topic-link">H5833

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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