Bible Names

Ezra: meaning of the name

Ezra means “help; court.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Ezra in Hebrew and Greek

עֶזְרָא H5830

ʻEzrâʼ (ez-raw') — Ezra, an Israelite

a variation of H5833 (עֶזְרָה);

עֶזְרָא H5831

ʻEzrâʼ (ez-raw') — Ezra, an Israelite

(Aramaic) corresponding to H5830 (עֶזְרָא);

People named Ezra in the Bible

Ezra in Scripture

“Ezra” appears in 26 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:17

    And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

  • Ezra 7:1

    Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

  • 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.

  • Ezra 7:10

    For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

  • Ezra 7:11

    Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel.

  • Ezra 7:12

    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.

  • Ezra 7:21

    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,

  • Ezra 7:25

    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.