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) Also named: ez.ra (עֶזְרָא "Ezra" H5831) § Ezra = "help" 1) the priest and scribe who led the reforms of the returned exiles in Jerusalem; co-worker with Nehemiah 2) a priest with Zerubbabel 3) another post-exilic Jew
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H5830 — עֶזְרָא
ez.ra · Ezra · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Ezra 7:1 · עֶזְרָא֙Now 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 · עֶזְרָא֙This 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.Ezra 7:10 · עֶזְרָא֙For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do [it], and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.Ezra 7:11 · לְעֶזְרָ֥אNow this [is] the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, [even] a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.Ezra 10:1 · עֶזְרָא֙Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.Ezra 10:2 · לְעֶזְרָ֔אAnd Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, [one] of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.Ezra 10:5 · עֶזְרָ֡אThen arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.Ezra 10:6 · עֶזְרָ֗אThen Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and [when] he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.Ezra 10:10 · עֶזְרָ֤אAnd Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.Ezra 10:16 · עֶזְרָ֨אAnd the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, [with] certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by [their] names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.Nehemiah 8:1 · לְעֶזְרָ֣אAnd all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that [was] before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.Nehemiah 8:2 · עֶזְרָ֣אAnd Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.Nehemiah 8:4 · עֶזְרָ֣אAnd Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, [and] Meshullam.Nehemiah 8:5 · עֶזְרָ֤אAnd Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:Nehemiah 8:6 · עֶזְרָ֔אAnd Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with [their] faces to the ground.Nehemiah 8:9 · וְעֶזְרָ֣אAnd Nehemiah, which [is] the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day [is] holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.Nehemiah 8:13 · עֶזְרָ֖אAnd on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.Nehemiah 12:1 · עֶזְרָֽא׃Now these [are] the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,Nehemiah 12:13 · לְעֶזְרָ֣אOf Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;Nehemiah 12:26 · וְעֶזְרָ֥אThese [were] in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.Nehemiah 12:33 · עֶזְרָ֖אAnd Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,Nehemiah 12:36 · וְעֶזְרָ֥אAnd his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.