עֶזְרָא
ʻEzrâʼ · ez-raw'
Ezra, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: a variation of H5833 (עֶזְרָה);
Ezra, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ezra.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to cut, to sustain › the head, the highest › strength, the leader
To see and know that works to cut, to sustain of the head, the highest of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֶזְרָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and ezra8 · 36%
- ezra4 · 18%
- unto ezra4 · 18%
- this ezra1 · 5%
- for ezra1 · 5%
- now when ezra1 · 5%
- then ezra1 · 5%
- of ezra1 · 5%
- and of ezra1 · 5%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.