# Ezra
## English
### Alternative forms

* Ez., Ezr. (book of the Bible)

### Etymology

From the Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā). Doublet of Esdras.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛzɹə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

Ezra (countable and uncountable, plural Ezras)
* Book of Ezra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Ezra on Wikisource.Wikisource
* Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible
* (biblical) The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.
* (biblical) A Jewish high priest from the fifth century BC.
* A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
* A surname from Hebrew.

#### Quotations

* 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezra 7:6:
    This 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.

#### Derived terms

* Ezra-Nehemiah

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Ezra is the 37341st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 597 individuals. Ezra is most common among White (70.35%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (14.24%) individuals.

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ezra”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 542.

### Anagrams

* Azer, Azer., Reza, raze

## Danish
### Proper noun

Ezra
* Ezra (the fifteenth book of the Bible)
* Ezra (a Biblical character)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛs.raː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Ez‧ra

### Proper noun

Ezra m
* Ezra (the fifteenth book of the Bible)
* Ezra (a Jewish high priest and Biblical character)

### Anagrams

* raze

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈezra]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: E‧zra

### Proper noun

Ezra (accusative Ezran)
* (religion) Ezra, Esdras

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Ezra, from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא.

### Proper noun

Ezra
* Ezra:
** (biblical) The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.
** (biblical) A Jewish high priest from the fifth century BC.

### Further reading

* “Ezra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ˈʔezɾa/ [ˈʔez.ɾʌ]
** IPA: (more native-sounding) /ˈʔesɾa/ [ˈʔes.ɾʌ]
* Rhymes: -ezɾa, (more native-sounding) -esɾa
* Syllabification: Ez‧ra

### Proper noun

Ezra
* (biblical) Ezra (book of the Bible)
    Synonym: (abbreviation) 1 Ezr.

#### Related terms

* see: Appendix:Books of the Bible (Kankanaey)

## Latvian
### Proper noun

Ezra m (4th declension)
* (religion) Ezra, Esdras

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Proper noun

Ezra ?
* (religion) Ezra, Esdras

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Ezra
* (biblical) Ezra (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible)

### See also

* Mwanzo
* Kutoka
* Walawi
* Hesabu
* Kumbukumbu
* Yoshua
* Waamuzi
* Ruthu
* Samueli 1
* Samueli 2
* Wafalme 1
* Wafalme 2
* Mambo ya Nyakati 1
* Mambo ya Nyakati 2
* Ezra
* Nehemia
* Esta
* Yobu
* Zaburi
* Methali
* Mhubiri
* Wimbo Bora
* Isaya
* Yeremia
* Maombolezo
* Ezekieli
* Danieli
* Hosea
* Yoeli
* Amosi
* Obadia
* Yona
* Mika
* Nahumu
* Habakuki
* Sefania
* Hagai
* Zekaria
* Malaki

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔezɾa/ [ˈʔɛz.ɾɐ]
** IPA: (more native-sounding) /ˈʔesɾa/ [ˈʔɛs.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -ezɾa, (more native-sounding) -esɾa
* Syllabification: Ez‧ra

### Proper noun

Ezra (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇ)
* (religion) Ezra, Esdras