1. Ezra 7:1 (ESV)
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What does the name Ezra mean?

Ezra 7:1 (ESV)

1 Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,

Ezra is a shortened form of Azariah and it has the meaning, The Lord helps or The Lord has helped.1

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