Ebenezer

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Canada, US/ɛbəˈnizɚ/UK/ɛbəˈniːzə/

proper noun

The stone memorial in Israel erected by Samuel.

Less commonScrabble 19

Meanings

proper noun
  1. biblicalThe stone memorial in Israel erected by Samuel.

    Here I raiſe my Eben-ezer, Hither by thy Grace I'm come; So I hope by thy good Pleaſure, Shortly to arrive at Home:

    1759, Robert Robinson, “Hymn I”, in A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Church of Christ: Meeting in Angel-Alley, page 3
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    Then Samuel tooke a ſtone, and ſet it betweene Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-Ezer, ſaying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped vs.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 7:12
  2. A male given name from Hebrew taken up by Puritans in the 17th century.

    "I have none to give," the Ghost replied. "It comes from other regions, Ebenezer Scrooge, and is conveyed by other ministers, to other kinds of men."

    1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the page number)”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC
  3. A locality in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
nounEbenezer (plural Ebenezers)

plural Ebenezers

Origin

  1. Hebrewאֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר“stone of help”
  2. EnglishEbenezer

From Hebrew אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר (éven ha`ézer, “stone of help”).

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Translations

Greek Εμπενίζερ
  • Εμπενίζερ (Empenízer)male given name
Polish Ebenezer
  • Ebenezermale given name

Rhymes & wordplay

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Chicago

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