EZRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ezra mean? 

• EZRA (noun)
  The noun EZRA has 2 senses:

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

2. 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

  Familiarity information: EZRA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EZRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

copyist; scribe; scrivener (someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts)

non-Christian priest; priest (a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Book of Ezra; Ezra

Instance hypernyms:

book (a major division of a long written composition)

Holonyms ("Ezra" is a part of...):

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)

Hagiographa; Ketubim; Writings (the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)