Where does “Ezra” come from?

Ezra comes from Hebrew עֶזְרָא, a name of unknown etymological origin.

Ezra (English): The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh

Definitions

  1. The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh

Ancestry of “Ezra”, step by step

Ezra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew עֶזְרָא

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewעֶזְרָא—

via Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Biblical Hebrewעֶזְרָא—

Words derived from “Ezra”

Every word from Hebrew עֶזְרָא →
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