Ezra
עֶזְרָאStrong’s H5830ezra (ez-ra)
Appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ezra is the Hebrew word usually translated “ezra”. It appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,”
Meaning
- 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
- 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
How it's translated
- ezra 15
- to ezra 3
- and ezra 3
- of ezra 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 12
- Ezra 10
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 7:6This 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.
- Ezra 7:10For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
- Ezra 7:11Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
- Ezra 10:1Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
- Ezra 10:2And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
- Ezra 10:5Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
Hebrew dictionary
עֶזְרָא ezra · Ezra
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.7.1; son of: Seraiah (H8304H); brother of: Jehozadak (H3087) Also named: ez.ra (עֶזְרָא "Ezra" H5831) § 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
עֶזְרָא ezra · Ezra
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.12.1 § 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.