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Ezra

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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. (biblical) A Jewish high priest from the fifth century BC.
  3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
  4. A surname from Hebrew.

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Derived terms

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Translations

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Statistics

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  • 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

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Anagrams

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Danish

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Proper noun

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Ezra

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

Dutch

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Ezra m

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

Anagrams

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā)

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Ezra (accusative Ezran)

  1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch Ezra, from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא.

Proper noun

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Ezra

  1. Ezra:
    1. (biblical) The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.
    2. (biblical) A Jewish high priest from the fifth century BC.

Further reading

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Kankanaey

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Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈʔezɾa/ [ˈʔez.ɾʌ]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈʔesɾa/ [ˈʔes.ɾʌ]
  • Rhymes: -ezɾa, (more native-sounding) -esɾa
  • Syllabification: Ez‧ra

Proper noun

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Ezra

  1. (biblical) Ezra (book of the Bible)
    Synonym: (abbreviation) 1 Ezr.
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Latvian

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Proper noun

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Ezra m (4th declension)

  1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

Declension

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Declension of Ezra (4th declension)
singular plural
nominative Ezra Ezras
genitive Ezras Ezru
dative Ezrai Ezrām
accusative Ezru Ezras
instrumental Ezru Ezrām
locative Ezrā Ezrās
vocative Ezra Ezras

Slovene

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Proper noun

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Ezra ?

  1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ezra

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

See also

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Tagalog

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Proper noun

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Ezra (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇ)

  1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras