Aramaic word · H5831

עֶזְרָא

'ezra'

Ezra

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.7.1;

son of: Seraiah (H8304H);

brother of: Jehozadak (H3087)

Aramaic of ez.ra (עֶזְרָא "Ezra" H5830)

§ Ezra = "help"

the priest and scribe who led the reforms of the returned exiles in Jerusalem; co-worker with Nehemiah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Ezra · 3

  1. Ezra 7:12 לְעֶזְרָ֣א to Ezra

    Artaxerxes, king of kings. To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.

  2. Ezra 7:21 עֶזְרָ֨א Ezra

    I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it must be provided promptly,

  3. Ezra 7:25 עֶזְרָ֗א O Ezra

    And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God, which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people west of the Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these laws to anyone who does not know them.

    Here: Addressed by name. The letter has already titled him 'priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven' (v. 12), and that office is what this commission rests on.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.