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Ezra

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Noun

1. ezra

a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem

2. book of ezra, ezra

an Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ezra

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noun Old Testament
1. 
a Jewish priest of the 5th century bc, who was sent from Babylon by the Persian king Artaxerxes I to reconstitute observance of the Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the captivity
2. 
the book recounting his efforts to perform this task

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Ezra

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noun
1. 
a masculine name
2.  Bible
a. 
a Hebrew scribe, prophet, and religious reformer of the 5th cent. b.c.
b. 
the book telling of his life and teachings
abbrev. Ez or Ezr

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ezra

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A Hebrew high priest of the fifth century BC who led many Jews back to Jerusalem after their Babylonian exile.
n.
See Table at Bible.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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