Lexical Definition

‎עֶזְרָא‎ ʻEzrâʼ (ez-raw') Ezra ^N:N-M-P
a variation of ‎עֶזְרָה‎

Ezra.

• § Ezra = "help"
• Ezra, an Israelite

1) the priest and scribe who led the reforms of the returned exiles in Jerusalem; co-worker with Nehemiah
2) a priest with Zerubbabel
3) another post-exilic Jew

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: עֶזְרָא
‎עֶזְרָא‎ proper name, masculine Εσρας, Εσδρας, Εζδρας;

1. Ezra Ezra 7:1; Ezra 7:10; Ezra 10:1; Ezra 10:2; Ezra 10:5; Ezra 10:6; Neh 8:6 called ‎(ה)סֹּפֵר‎ Ezra 7:6; Neh 8:1; Neh 8:4; Neh 8:5; Neh 8:13; Neh 12:36, ‎הַכֹּהֵן‎ Ezra 10:10; Ezra 10:16; Neh 8:2; Neh 8:9, both Ezra 7:11; Neh 12:26.

2. priest with Zerubbabel Neh 12:1; Neh 12:13.

3. Neh 12:33.

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