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 Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Yahweh his God on him.Ezra 7:10 · עֶזְרָא֙For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.Ezra 7:11 · לְעֶזְרָ֥אNow this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Yahweh, and of his statutes to Israel:Ezra 10:1 · עֶזְרָא֙Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.Ezra 10:2 · לְעֶזְרָ֔אShecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.Ezra 10:5 · עֶזְרָ֡אThen Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.Ezra 10:6 · עֶזְרָ֗אThen Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came there, he ate no bread, nor drank water; for he mourned because of their trespass of the captivity.Ezra 10:10 · עֶזְרָ֤אEzra the priest stood up, and said to them, “You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel.Ezra 10:16 · עֶזְרָ֨אThe children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ households, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.Nehemiah 8:1 · לְעֶזְרָ֣אAll the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.Nehemiah 8:2 · עֶזְרָ֣אEzra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.Nehemiah 8:4 · עֶזְרָ֣אEzra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.Nehemiah 8:5 · עֶזְרָ֤אEzra 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 Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.Nehemiah 8:9 · וְעֶזְרָ֣אNehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, “This day is holy to Yahweh your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.Nehemiah 8:13 · עֶזְרָ֖אOn the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers’ households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.Nehemiah 12:1 · עֶזְרָֽא׃Now these are the priests and the Levites who 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 brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them.