Esdras

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English

Etymology

From Latin Esdrās, from Ancient Greek Ἔσδρᾱς (Ésdrās), from Hebrew עזרא (Ezra). Doublet of Ezra.

Proper noun

Esdras

1. (biblical) any of four books of the Old Testament and Apocrypha of the Bible.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Esd.

Usage notes

Depending upon which Bible is being examined there are two or four Books of Esdras, with different names and numbering systems. Wikipedia has an article Esdras with a table explaining this.

Related terms

• Ezra

Translations

any of four books

• Afrikaans: Esra (af)
• Basque: Esdras (eu)
• Breton: Ezra (br) m
• Cebuano: Esdras
• Chinese:

  Eastern Min: 以士拉書／以士拉书 (Ī-sê̤ṳ-lá-cṳ̆)

• Czech: Ezdráš m
• Danish: Ezra (da)
• Dutch: Ezra (nl) m
• Estonian: Esra raamat (et)
• Farefare: Ezra
• Finnish: Esra (fi) m
• French: Esdras (fr)
• German: Esra (de)
• Hawaiian: ʻEzera
• Ido: Esdras (io) m
• Irish: Easdras (ga) m
• Italian: Esdra (it)
• Latin: Esdras m, Esdrae (la) m
• Latvian: Ezra (lv) m
• Limburgish: Ezra
• Lithuanian: Ezros knyga (lt) f
• Maltese: Il-Ktieb ta’ Esdra (mt) m
• Norwegian: Esra (no) m
• Polish: Księga Ezdrasza f
• Portuguese: Esdras (pt)
• Romanian: Ezra (ro) m
• Scots: Ezra
• Slovak: Ezdráš m
• Slovene: Ezra (sl) m
• Spanish: Esdras (es)
• Swedish: Esra (sv) m
• Tagalog: Ezra (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Esdras
• Welsh: Esra (cy) m
• West Frisian: Ezra

Anagrams

• SDAers, Sardes, Serdas, sarsed

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.dʁa/, /ɛs.dʁɑ/

Proper noun

Esdras m

1. (biblical) Ezra
2. (biblical) Esdras

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἔσδρᾱς (Ésdrās).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈes.draːs/, [ˈɛs̠d̪räːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈes.dras/, [ˈɛzd̪räs]

Proper noun

Esdrās m sg (genitive Esdrae); first declension

1. Ezra

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Esdrās
Genitive	Esdrae
Dative	Esdrae
Accusative	Esdrān
Ablative	Esdrā
Vocative	Esdrā

Descendants

• English: Esdras

Further reading

• Liber Esdrae on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
• Liber Esdrae on the Latin Wikisource.Wikisource ^la

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Esdrās, from Ancient Greek Ἔσδρᾱς (Ésdrās), from Hebrew עֶזְרָא.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛz.dɾɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛz.dɾɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʒ.dɾɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛz.dɾas/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʒ.dɾɐʃ/ [ˈɛʒ.ðɾɐʃ]

Proper noun

Esdras m

1. (biblical) Ezra; Esdras (any of four books of the Bible)
2. (biblical) Ezra; Esdras (Jewish high priest)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈesdɾas/ [ˈez.ð̞ɾas]
• Rhymes: -esdɾas
• Syllabification: Es‧dras

Proper noun

Esdras m

1. (biblical) Ezra (the book of the Bible)
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Ezra