A name from Scripture
Ezra
EZ-ruh
Meaning
Help; Helper
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in Ezra
What it points to
Ezra's name — 'helper' — describes his life's work of helping a displaced people rediscover their identity through Scripture. His model of study, practice, and teach remains the gold standard for handling God's Word.
Verses · King James Version
“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 7:10
“So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.”
Nehemiah 8:8