Bible Person

Ezra

Meaning: help; court · Male · 3 cross references

This Ezra entry refers to a priestly or signatory figure in Nehemiah's lists, not Ezra the scribe. He belongs to the restoration-era ordering of priests and worship leaders in Jerusalem. First appears in Neh 12:1.1

AI summary: This Ezra matters because the cross references place the name within the priestly continuity of the restored community rather than in the better-known career of Ezra the scribe. Such entries help show how many remembered leaders and houses sustained post-exilic worship beyond the most famous names. Taken together, the material presents this Ezra as a restoration-era priestly figure in Jerusalem's renewed temple life.1

Central Figure

Ezra

Meaning: help; court

A priest among those that returned to Jerusalem under Zerubabel (Neh.