`Ezra' - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Strong's H5831 עֶזרָא (`Ezra') is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `Ezra' (ez-raw') n/p. 1. Ezra, an Israelite [(Aramaic) corresponding to H5830] It has 3 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include ezra. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
`Ezra' (ez-raw') n/p. 1. Ezra, an Israelite [(Aramaic) corresponding to H5830] KJV: Ezra. Root(s): H5830
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5831. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Ezra
Usage: 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) Aramaic of ez.ra (עֶזְרָא "Ezra" H5830) § Ezra = "help" the priest and scribe who led the reforms of the returned exiles in Jerusalem; co-worker with Nehemiah
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render `Ezra', taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
3 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5831.
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5831, grouped by book.
Ezra (Strong's H5831) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Ezra". `Ezra' (ez-raw') n/p. 1. Ezra, an Israelite [(Aramaic) corresponding to H5830]
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's H5831 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5831 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ezra. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.