International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Ezekiel

e-ze'-ki-el:ContentsI. THE PROPHET AND HIS BOOK1. The Person of Ezekiel Name, Captivity and Trials2. The Book (1) Its Genuineness (2) Its Structure (3) Relation to Jeremiah (4) ...

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Ezel

e'-zel (ha-'azel; Septuagint para to ergab ekeino):As it stands, the narrative in1Sa 20:19records the tryst of Jonathan with David at the stone Ezel. The name occurs only here. ...

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Ezem

e'-zem (`etsem, "bone"; Boosal, Boasom):A city in the extreme South of Judah, assigned to Simeon.Some identify it with Azmon (Jos 15:29;19:3;1Ch 4:29).

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Ezer

e'-zer (`ezer, "help"):(1) A Horite chief (Ge 36:21;1Ch 1:38).(2) A Judahite (1Ch 4:4).(3) An Ephraimite, slain by men of Gath (1Ch 7:21).(4) A Gadite who followed David while i...

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Ezerias

ez-e-ri'-as (Ezerias):/APC 1Esdras 8:1 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "Zechrias," the Azariah ofEzr 7:1.

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Ezias

e-zi'-as:the Revised Version (British and American)OZIAS(which see).

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Ezion-Geber

e-zi-on-ge'-ber ('etsyon gebher; Gasion Gaber):Always mentioned along with Elath ("Eziongaber,"Nu 33:35f the King James Version). When the children of Israel left "the way of th...

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Eznite

ez-'nit (`etsni or `etsno).SeeADINO.

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Ezora

e-zo'-ra (Ezora, the King James Version Ozora):He and his six sons "gave their hands to put away their strange wives" (/APC 1Esdras 9:20,34= "Machnadebai" ofEzr 10:40).

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Ezra

ez'-ra (Aramaic or Chaldee, `ezra', "help"; a hypocoristicon, or shortened form of Azariah, "Yahweh has helped." The Hebrew spells the name `ezrah, as in1Ch 4:17, or uses the Ar...

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Ezra-Nehemiah

Contents1. Name. 2. Object 3. Plan 4. Unity 5. Sources 6. Literary Character 7. Languages 8. Historicity 9. TextLITERATURE=======================================================...

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Ezrahite

ez'-ra-hit ('ezrachi; Asebon):Found in1Ki 4:31;Psalm 88;Psalm 89, titles; from which it appears that the word is a patronymic for Ethan and Heman. It may be derived from Zerah, ...

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Ezri

ez'-ri (`ezri, "my help"; Ezrai, or Ezdri):"Ezri, the son of Chelub," appointed by David to be superintendent of agriculture (1Ch 27:26).

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Ezril

ez'-ril (Ezril, the King James Version Esril):One who had married a foreign wife (/APC 1Esdras 9:34); called Azarel inEzr 10:41.