Ezra

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by Tbm (talk | contribs) as of 12:00, 12 February 2023.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā). Doublet of Esdras.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛzɹə/
  • Audio (southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Ezra (countable and uncountable, plural Ezras)

Book of Ezra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ezra on Wikisource.Wikisource
Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

  1. (biblical) The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.
  2. A Jewish high priest from the fifth century BC.
  3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
  4. A surname from Hebrew.

Quotations

Translations

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Ezra is the 37341st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 597 individuals. Ezra is most common among White (70.35%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (14.24%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams


Danish

Proper noun

Ezra

  1. Ezra (the fifteenth book of the Bible)
  2. Ezra (a Biblical character)

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛs.raː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ez‧ra

Proper noun

Ezra m

  1. Ezra (the fifteenth book of the Bible)
  2. Ezra (a Jewish high priest and Biblical character)

Anagrams


Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈezra]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: E‧zra

Proper noun

Ezra (accusative Ezran)

  1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

Latvian

Proper noun

Ezra m (4th declension)

  1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

Declension


Slovene

Proper noun

Ezra ?

  1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Proper noun

Ezra

  1. (biblical) Ezra (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible)

See also


Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Ez‧ra
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔezɾa/, [ˈʔɛz.ɾɐ]

Proper noun

Ezra (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇ)

  1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras