עֶזְרָאʻEzrâʼ
proper name, masculine: Ezra (Ezra 7:12; Ezra 7:21; Ezra 7:25)
Pronunciation: ez-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5831
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 7:12 “From Artaxerxes, the king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the teacher of the law of the God of heaven. Greetings.
- Ezra 7:21 “I, Artaxerxes the king, hereby send this decree to all the treasurers in the province west of the Euphrates River: ‘You are to give Ezra, the priest and teacher of the law of the God of heaven, whatever he requests of you.
- Ezra 7:25 “And you, Ezra, are to use the wisdom your God has given you to appoint magistrates and judges who know your God’s laws to govern all the people in the province west of the Euphrates River. Teach the law to anyone who does not know it.
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).