Ezra
WordNet
noun
(1) An Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity
(2) A Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem
WiktionaryText
Proper noun
- A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
- A Jewish high priest from the fifth century.
- of biblical origin.
Quotations
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- 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.
Proper noun
- The fifteenth book of the Bible.
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Proper noun
- The fifteenth book of the Bible.