Ezra

English

Alternative forms

Ez., Ezr. (book of the Bible)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛzɹə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Proper noun

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

(biblical) The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.
(biblical) A Jewish high priest from the fifth century BC.
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
A surname from Hebrew.

Quotations

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezra 7:6:

This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.

Derived terms

Ezra-Nehemiah

Translations

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Esra (af)
Arabic: عِزْرَا m (ʕizrā)
Armenian: Եզրաս (hy) sg (Ezras), Եզր sg (Ezr)
Asturian: Esdres (ast)
Basque: Esdras (eu)
Breton: Ezra (br) m
Catalan: Esdres
Cebuano: Esdras
Chinese:
Cantonese: 以斯拉記 / 以斯拉记 (ji⁵ si¹ laai¹ gei³)

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

Hakka: 以斯拉記 / 以斯拉记 (Yî-sṳ̂-lâ-ki)

Mandarin: 以斯拉記 / 以斯拉记 (zh) (Yǐsīlājì)
Corsican: Esdra (co)
Czech: Ezdráš m
Danish: Ezra (da)
Dutch: Ezra (nl) m
Estonian: Esra raamat (et)
Faroese: Ezra (fo) m
Finnish: Esra (fi)
French: Esdras (fr) m
Georgian: ეზრა sg (ezra)
German: Esra (de) m
Greek: Έσδρας (el) m (Ésdras)
Ancient Greek: Ἔσδρας m (Ésdras)
Greenlandic: Ezra (kl)
Hawaiian: ʻEzera
Hebrew: עֶזְרָא (he) m (ezrá)
Hungarian: Ezsdrás (hu)
Icelandic: Esra (is) m
Ido: Esdras (io)
Irish: Leabhar Eazrá m, Eazrá m
Italian: Esdra (it)
Japanese: エズラ記 (Ezura ki)
Kazakh: Езра (Ezra)
Latin: Esdrae (la) m
Latvian: Ezra (lv) m
Lavukaleve: Ezra
Limburgish: Ezra
Lithuanian: Ezros knyga (lt) f
Maltese: Il-Ktieb ta’ Esdra (mt)
Manx: Ezra (gv)
Maori: Etera (mi)
Mirandese: Sdras
Neapolitan: Esdra
Norwegian: Esra (no)
Polish: Księga Ezdrasza f
Portuguese: Esdras (pt) m
Romanian: Ezra (ro) m
Scots: Ezra
Scottish Gaelic: Esra (gd) m
Slovak: Ezdráš m
Slovene: Ezra (sl)
Spanish: Esdras (es) m
Swahili: Uzeri (sw) class 14
Swedish: Esra (sv)
Tagalog: Ezra (tl) m
Waray-Waray: Esdras
Welsh: Esra (cy) m
West Frisian: Ezra
Zealandic: Ezra

Jewish high priest

Afrikaans: Esra (af)
Arabic: عِزْرَا m (ʕizrā), عُزَيْر m (ʕuzayr)
Armenian: Եզրաս (hy) (Ezras), Եզր (Ezr)
Asturian: Esdres (ast)
Basque: Esdras (eu)
Breton: Ezra (br) m
Catalan: Esdres m
Cebuano: Esdras
Chinese:
Cantonese: 以斯拉 (ji⁵ si¹ laai¹)

Eastern Min: 以士拉 (Ī-sê̤ṳ-lá)

Hakka: 以斯拉 (Yî-sṳ̂-lâ)

Hokkien: 以斯拉 (Í-su-la̍h)

Mandarin: 以斯拉 (Yǐsīlā)
Corsican: Esdra (co)
Czech: Ezdráš m
Danish: Ezra (da) m
Dutch: Ezra (nl) m
Estonian: Esra
Faroese: Ezra (fo) m
Finnish: Esra (fi)
French: Esdras (fr)
Georgian: ეზრა sg (ezra)
German: Esra (de) m
Greek: Έσδρας (el) (Ésdras)
Ancient: Ἔσδρας (Ésdras)
Greenlandic: Ezra (kl)
Hawaiian: ʻEzera
Hebrew: עֶזְרָא (he) m (ezrá)
Hungarian: Ezsdrás (hu)
Icelandic: Esra (is) m
Ido: Esdras (io)
Irish: Eazrá m
Italian: Esdra (it) m
Japanese: エズラ (Ezura)
Kazakh: Ғұзайыр (Ğūzaiyr)
Latin: Esdrās m
Latvian: Ezra (lv) m
Lavukaleve: Ezra
Limburgish: Ezra
Lithuanian: Ezra m
Maltese: Esdra m
Manx: Ezra (gv)
Maore Comorian: Ezra
Maori: Etera (mi)
Mirandese: Sdras
Neapolitan: Esdra
Norwegian: Esra (no) m
Persian: عزیر ('ozayr)
Polish: Ezdrasz (pl) m
Portuguese: Esdras (pt) m
Romanian: Ezra (ro) m
Russian: Е́здра (ru) m (Jézdra)
Scots: Ezra
Scottish Gaelic: Esra (gd) m
Slovak: Ezdráš m
Slovene: Ezra (sl) m
Spanish: Esdras (es) m
Swahili: Uzeri (sw) class 14
Swedish: Esra (sv)
Tagalog: Ezra (tl) m
Turkish: Üzeyir (tr)
Waray-Waray: Esdras
Welsh: Esra (cy) m
West Frisian: Ezra
Zealandic: Ezra

male given name

Afrikaans: Esra (af)
Armenian: Եզրաս (hy) sg (Ezras), Եզր sg (Ezr)
Asturian: Esdres (ast)
Basque: Esdras (eu)
Breton: Ezra (br) m
Cebuano: Esdras
Chinese:
Eastern Min: 以士拉 (Ī-sê̤ṳ-lá)
Corsican: Esdra (co)
Czech: Ezdráš m
Danish: Ezra (da) m
Dutch: Ezra (nl) m
Estonian: Esra
Faroese: Ezra (fo) m
Finnish: Esra (fi) m
French: Esdras (fr) m
Georgian: ეზრა sg (ezra)
German: Esra (de) m
Greek: Έσδρας (el) m (Ésdras)
Ancient Greek: Ἔσδρας m (Ésdras)
Greenlandic: Ezra (kl)
Hawaiian: ʻEkela
Hungarian: Ezsdrás (hu)
Icelandic: Esra (is) m
Ido: Esdras (io)
Irish: Easdras (ga) m
Italian: Esdra (it) m
Japanese: エズラ (Ezura)
Latin: Esdrās m
Latvian: Ezra (lv) m
Lavukaleve: Ezra
Limburgish: Ezra
Lithuanian: Ezra m
Maltese: Esdra m
Manx: Ezra (gv)
Maori: Etera (mi)
Mirandese: Sdras
Neapolitan: Esdra
Norwegian: Esra (no) m
Polish: Ezdrasz (pl) m
Portuguese: Esdras (pt) m
Romanian: Ezra (ro) m
Russian: Э́здра m (Ézdra), Е́здра (ru) m (Jézdra), Э́зра m (Ézra)
Scots: Ezra
Scottish Gaelic: Esra (gd) m
Slovak: Ezdráš m
Slovene: Ezra (sl) m
Spanish: Esdras (es) m
Swahili: Uzeri (sw) class 14
Swedish: Esra (sv) c
Tagalog: Ezra (tl) m
Waray-Waray: Esdras
Welsh: Esra (cy) m
West Frisian: Ezra
Zealandic: Ezra

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Ezra is the 37341^st 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.

Anagrams

Azer, Azer., Reza, raze

Danish

Proper noun

Ezra

Ezra (the fifteenth book of the Bible)
Ezra (a Biblical character)

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ezra m

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

Anagrams

raze

Esperanto

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈezra/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ezra
Hyphenation: E‧zra

Proper noun

Ezra (accusative Ezran)

(religion) Ezra, Esdras

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

Ezra

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Ezra, from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא.

Proper noun

Ezra

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

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

(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

Ezra

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

Related terms

see: Appendix:Books of the Bible (Kankanaey)

Latvian

Proper noun

Ezra m (4th declension)

(religion) Ezra, Esdras

Declension

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

Proper noun

Ezra ?

(religion) Ezra, Esdras

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

Kitabu cha Ezra

Wikipedia ^sw

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Proper noun

Ezra

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

Tagalog

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔezɾa/ [ˈʔɛz.ɾɐ]
- IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈʔesɾa/ [ˈʔɛs.ɾɐ]
Rhymes: -ezɾa, (more native-sounding) -esɾa
Syllabification: Ez‧ra

Proper noun

Ezra (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇ)

(religion) Ezra, Esdras

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Quotations

Derived terms

Translations

Statistics

Further reading

Anagrams

Danish

Proper noun

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Indonesian

Etymology

Proper noun

Further reading

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Related terms

Latvian

Proper noun

Declension

Slovene

Proper noun

Swahili

Pronunciation

Proper noun

See also

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Proper noun