עֶזְרָא, (b. h.) pr. n. m. Ezra, 1) the priest and scribe.
עֶזְרָא, the priest and scribe. Succ. 20ᵃ כשנשתכחה … עלה ע׳ מבבל ויסדה when the Law was forgotten in Israel, Ezra came from Babylonia and re-established it. Ber. 27ᵇ; Men. 53ᵃ עשירי לע׳ a descendant of Ezra in the tenth generation. Meg. 15ᵃ מלאכי זה ע׳ Malachi is Ezra; a. v. fr.—(ספר) ע׳ the Book of Ezra (and Nehemiah). B. Bath. 14ᵇ.—[M. Kat. III, 4 (18ᵇ) ספר ע׳, v. עֲזָרָה.]
עֶזְרָא, name of several Amoraim. Men. l. c.—Y. Erub. II, beg. 19ᵈ. Y. Taan. IV, 68ᶜ top עֶזְרָה; a. fr.