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Ezra

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Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, there went up Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
Now after the hind or following part Adverb H310 וְאַחַר֙ ve·'a·char
these these Pronoun H428 הָאֵ֔לֶּה ha·'el·leh,
things, speech, word Noun H1697 הַדְּבָרִ֣ים had·de·va·rim
in the reign royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom Noun H4438 בְּמַלְכ֖וּת be·mal·chut
of Artaxerxes a son and successor of Xerxes, king of Persia Noun H783 אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא ar·tach·shas·te
king king Noun H4428 מֶֽלֶךְ־ me·lech-
of Persia, a country in W. Asia which conquered Bab. Noun H6539 פָּרָ֑ס pa·ras;
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[there went up] Ezra "help," three Isr. Noun H5830 עֶזְרָא֙ ez·ra
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son son Noun H1121 בֶּן־ ben-
of Seraiah, "Yah persists," the name of a number of Isr. Noun H8304 שְׂרָיָ֔ה se·ra·yah,
son son Noun H1121 בֶּן־ ben-
of Azariah, "Yah has helped," the name of a number of Isr. Noun H5838 עֲזַרְיָ֖ה a·zar·yah
son son Noun H1121 בֶּן־ ben-
of Hilkiah, "my portion is Yah," the name of several Isr. Noun H2518 חִלְקִיָּֽה׃ chil·ki·yah.

Locations

Persia

PERSIApur'-sha, (parats; Persia; in Assyrian Parsu, Parsua; in Achemenian Persian Parsa, modern Fars): In the Bible (2 Chronicles 36:20, 22, 23 Ezra 1:1, 8 Esther 1:3, 14, 18; Esther 10:2 Ezekiel 27:10; Ezekiel 38:5 Daniel 8:20; Daniel 10:1; Daniel 11:2) this name denotes properly the modern province of Fars, not the whole Persian empire. The latter was by i... View Details

People

Ezra

Ezra [N] [H] [S] help.  A priest among those that returned to Jerusalem under Zerubabel ( Nehemiah 12:1 ).    The "scribe" who led the second body of exiles that returned from Babylon to Jerusalem B.C. 459, and author of the book of Scripture which bears his name. He was the son, or perhaps grandson, of Seraiah ( 2 Kings 25:18-21 ), and a lineal descendant of Phinehas, the s... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, there went up Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,
King James Bible Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, there went up Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
Hebrew Greek English Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, there went up Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,