עֶזְרָאʻEzrâʼ

עֶזְרָא: 1.

Pronunciation: ez-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5830

Meanings

Ezra (Ezra 7:1; Ezra 7:10; Ezra 10:1)

2. priest with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:1; Nehemiah 12:13)

: proper name, masculine: Ezra (Ezra 7:12; Ezra 7:21; Ezra 7:25)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 22 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 7:1 Many years later, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, there was a man named Ezra. He was the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,
  • Ezra 7:6 This Ezra was a scribe who was well versed in the Law of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given to the people of Israel. He came up to Jerusalem from Babylon, and the king gave him everything he asked for, because the gracious hand of the Lord his God was on him.
  • Ezra 7:10 This was because Ezra had determined to study and obey the Law of the Lord and to teach those decrees and regulations to the people of Israel.
  • Ezra 7:11 King Artaxerxes had given a copy of the following letter to Ezra, the priest and scribe who studied and taught the commands and decrees of the Lord to Israel:
  • Ezra 10:1 While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and lying face down on the ground in front of the Temple of God, a very large crowd of people from Israel—men, women, and children—gathered and wept bitterly with him.
  • Ezra 10:2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, a descendant of Elam, said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God, for we have married these pagan women of the land. But in spite of this there is hope for Israel.
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