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Noun Named Entity
Categories: Ezra–Nehemiah, Mesopotamian Hebrews, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Achaemenid people, Hebrew Bible people
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Ezra  'Ezra  Azaryahu  Esdras  Ezr.
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A Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem WordNet 3.0
English:
prophet
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A Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Ezra or Esdras, also called Ezra the Scribe and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra, was a Jewish scribe and priest. Wikipedia
Figure from the Hebrew Bible who was a major Jewish leader during the Return to Zion. Ezra-Nehemiah, and the Chronicles, are attributed to him. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Hebrew Prophet Wikidata
IS A
copyist
priest
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
Achaemenid Empire
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus
Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
ETHNIC GROUP
Jew
FATHER
Seraiah
FEAST DAY
July 13
GIVEN NAME
Ezra
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
Aramaic
Biblical Hebrew
OCCUPATION
copyist
priest
PLACE OF BIRTH
Babylon
PLACE OF DEATH
Judea
POSITION HELD
Kohen
PRESENT IN WORK
I Esdra
II Esdras
Ezra
Nehemiah
RELATIVE
Seraiah
Eleazar ben Azariah
Joshua the High Priest
RELIGION
Judaism
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
Ezra in rabbinic literature
Uzair
SEX OR GENDER
male
SIGNIFICANT EVENT
vision
STUDENT
Simeon the Just
STUDENT OF
Baruch
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Ezra
Wikipedia
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Ezra
Wikidata
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Ezra
Wikipedia Redirections
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'Ezra, Ezr., Ezra (prophet), Ezra ben Seraiah, Ezra in Islam, Ezra the priest, Ezra the Scribe, עֶזְרָא, ‘Ezrā
Wikidata Alias
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Azaryahu, Esdras, Ezra ha-Sofer, Ezra the Priest, Ezra the Scribe

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