ezra · Ezra

What it means

ezra (עֶזְרָא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Ezra”.

A priest and scribe, a descendant of Aaron, who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem to teach the law. Also another man of the same name in Nehemiah. The name means "help".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Ezra×10
• Nehemiah×12

• Ezra 7:1

  And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

• Ezra 7:6

  this Ezra went up from Babylon. And he was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, had given; and the king gave him, according to the hand of YHWH his Elohim upon him, all he requested.

• Ezra 7:10

  For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of YHWH and to do it, and to teach in Israel statute and rule.

• Ezra 7:11

  And this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commandments of YHWH and of his statutes for Israel:

• Ezra 10:1

  And while Ezra was praying and making confession, weeping and lying prostrate before the house of Elohim, a very great assembly from Israel gathered to him, men and women and children, for the people wept with much weeping.

• Ezra 10:2

  Then Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our Elohim and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land; but now there is hope for Israel concerning this.

• Ezra 10:5

  And Ezra arose and put under oath the officials of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel to do according to this word; and they swore.

• Ezra 10:6

  And Ezra rose from before the house of Elohim and went to the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and he went there; bread he did not eat, and water he did not drink, for he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

• Ezra 10:10

  And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful and have married foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.

• Ezra 10:16

  And the sons of the exile did so. And there were set apart Ezra the priest and men, heads of the fathers’ houses, according to their fathers’ house, and all of them by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to inquire into the matter;

• Nehemiah 8:1

  And all the people gathered as one man into the square that is in front of the Water Gate, and they told Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which YHWH had commanded Israel.

• Nehemiah 8:2

  So Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, from man to woman, and all who could understand to listen, on the first day of the seventh month.

• Nehemiah 8:4

  And Ezra the scribe stood on a tower of wood that they had made for this; and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, at his right; and at his left Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, Meshullam.

• Nehemiah 8:5

  And Ezra opened the book before the eyes of all the people, for he was above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up.

• Nehemiah 8:6

  And Ezra blessed YHWH, the great Elohim; and all the people answered, “Amen, amen,” lifting up their hands; and they bowed and prostrated themselves before YHWH with their faces to the ground.

• Nehemiah 8:9

  And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites who made the people understand, said to all the people, “This day is holy to YHWH your Elohim; do not mourn nor weep.” For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law.

• Nehemiah 8:13

  And on the second day the heads of the fathers’ houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites gathered to Ezra the scribe, to consider the words of the law.

• Nehemiah 12:1

  And these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

• Nehemiah 12:13

  of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;

• Nehemiah 12:26

  These were in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

• Nehemiah 12:33

  and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

• Nehemiah 12:36

  and his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the instruments of song of David the man of Elohim; and Ezra the scribe was in front of them.