Etymology

Ezra

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Today it means: The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh. Full definition →

Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא
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  1. Biblical Hebrew · borrowed fromעֶזְרָא
  2. English todayEzra

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

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