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 · עֶזְרָא֙And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,Ezra 7:6 · עֶזְרָא֙Ezra himself hath come up from Babylon, and he is a scribe ready in the law of Moses, that Jehovah God of Israel gave, and the king giveth to him—according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him—all his request.Ezra 7:10 · עֶזְרָא֙for Ezra hath prepared his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do, and to teach in Israel statute and judgment.Ezra 7:11 · לְעֶזְרָ֥אAnd this is a copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commands of Jehovah, and of His statutes on Israel:Ezra 10:1 · עֶזְרָא֙And at Ezra’s praying, and at his making confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there have been gathered unto him out of Israel an assembly very great—men and women and children—for the people have wept, multiplying weeping.Ezra 10:2 · לְעֶזְרָ֔אAnd Shechaniah son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answereth and saith to Ezra, ‘We—we have trespassed against our God, and we settle strange women of the peoples of the land; and now there is hope for Israel concerning this,Ezra 10:5 · עֶזְרָ֡אAnd Ezra riseth, and causeth the heads of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear to do according to this word—and they swear.Ezra 10:6 · עֶזְרָ֗אAnd Ezra riseth from before the house of God, and goeth unto the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib; yea, he goeth there, bread he hath not eaten, and water he hath not drunk, for he is mourning because of the trespass of the removal.Ezra 10:10 · עֶזְרָ֤אAnd Ezra the priest riseth, and saith unto them, ‘Ye—ye have trespassed, and ye settle strange women, to add to the guilt of Israel;Ezra 10:16 · עֶזְרָ֨אAnd the sons of the removal do so, and Ezra the priest, and men, heads of the fathers, for the house of their fathers, are separated, even all of them by name, and they sit on the first day of the tenth month, to examine the matter;Nehemiah 8:1 · לְעֶזְרָ֣אAnd all the people are gathered as one man unto the broad place that is before the water-gate, and they say to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, that Jehovah commanded Israel.Nehemiah 8:2 · עֶזְרָ֣אAnd Ezra the priest bringeth the law before the assembly, both of men and women, and every one intelligent to hear, on the first day of the seventh month,Nehemiah 8:4 · עֶזְרָ֣אAnd Ezra the scribe standeth on a tower of wood that they made for the purpose, and Mattithiah standeth near him, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right; and on his left Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddana, Zechariah, Meshullam.Nehemiah 8:5 · עֶזְרָ֤אAnd Ezra openeth the book before the eyes of all the people—for above all the people he hath been—and at his opening it all the people have stood up,Nehemiah 8:6 · עֶזְרָ֔אand Ezra blesseth Jehovah, the great God, and all the people answer, ‘Amen, Amen,’ with lifting up of their hands, and they bow and do obeisance to Jehovah—faces to the earth.Nehemiah 8:9 · וְעֶזְרָ֣אAnd Nehemiah—he is the Tirshatha—saith (and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites who are instructing the people) to all the people, ‘To-day is holy to Jehovah your God, do not mourn, nor weep:’ for all the people are weeping at their hearing the words of the law.Nehemiah 8:13 · עֶזְרָ֖אAnd on the second day have been gathered heads of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to act wisely concerning the words of the law.Nehemiah 12:1 · עֶזְרָֽא׃And these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua; Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,Nehemiah 12:13 · לְעֶזְרָ֣אof Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;Nehemiah 12:26 · וְעֶזְרָ֥אThese are 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 · עֶזְרָ֖אand Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,Nehemiah 12:36 · וְעֶזְרָ֥אand his brethren Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with instruments of song of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe is before them;