Strong's H5830 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: עֶזְרָא (ʻEzrâʼ)

Pronunciation: ez-raw'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Ezra = "help"

Derivation: a variation of עֶזְרָה (ʻezrâh) [H5833];

Definition: Ezra, an Israelite

KJV Renderings: Ezra.

Senses

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

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.