Midvash

עֵזֶרʻÊzer

Ezer, the name of four Israelites

Pronunciation: ay'-zer · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5829

Meanings

1. a wall-builder (Nehemiah 3:19)

2. name in Judah (1 Chronicles 4:4)

3. hero of David (1 Chronicles 12:10; 1 Chronicles 12:9)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:4 Penuel (the father of Gedor), and Ezer (the father of Hushah). These were the descendants of Hur (the firstborn of Ephrathah), the ancestor of Bethlehem.
  • 1 Chronicles 7:21 Zabad, Shuthelah, Ezer, and Elead. These two were killed trying to steal livestock from the local farmers near Gath.
  • 1 Chronicles 12:9 Ezer was their leader. Obadiah was second. Eliab was third.
  • Nehemiah 3:19 Next to them, Ezer son of Jeshua, the leader of Mizpah, repaired another section of wall across from the ascent to the armory near the angle in the wall.
  • Nehemiah 12:42 and the singers—Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam, and Ezer. They played and sang loudly under the direction of Jezrahiah the choir director.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).