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Sotai

(Encyclopedia)Sotai sōˈtāī, sōtāˈī [key], in the Bible, family that returned from the Exile. Ezra 2.55; Neh. 7.57. ...

Bazlith

(Encyclopedia)Bazlith băzˈlĭth [key], in the Bible, family in the return from exile. This is the Bazluth who appears in the Book of Ezra. ...

Qu'Appelle

(Encyclopedia)Qu'Appelle käpĕlˈ [key], river, c.270 mi (430 km) long, rising in S Sask., Canada, NW of Moose Jaw and flowing generally E through Buffalo Pound Lake and Fishing Lakes, past Fort Qu'Appelle to the ...

Elnathan

(Encyclopedia)Elnathan ĕlnāˈthăn [key], in the Bible. 1 Grandfather of Jehoiachin. 2 Leader in Jerusalem in the time of Jehoiakim. 3 Three emissaries of Ezra. ...

Talmon

(Encyclopedia)Talmon tălˈmŏn [key], in the Bible, family of temple doorkeepers. The Talmon in chapter 12 of Nehemiah is probably the same as Telem, a gatekeeper mentioned in Ezra. ...

Hashum

(Encyclopedia)Hashum hāˈshəm [key], in the Bible. 1 Family that returned with Zerubbabel, several of whom had foreign wives. 2 Companion of Ezra at his reading of the Law. ...

Cornell, Ezra

(Encyclopedia)Cornell, Ezra, 1807–74, American financier and founder of Cornell Univ., b. Westchester Landing, N.Y. Cornell, who began life as a laborer, was of an ingenious mechanical bent and had a shrewd busin...

Ames, Ezra

(Encyclopedia)Ames, Ezra, 1768–1836, American painter, b. Framingham, Mass. Early in his life he worked as a carriage painter, miniaturist, engraver, and decorator, first in Worcester, Mass., and later in Albany,...

Stiles, Ezra

(Encyclopedia)Stiles, Ezra, 1727–95, American theologian and educator, b. North Haven, Conn., grad. Yale, 1746. He studied theology, was ordained in 1749, and tutored (1749–55) at Yale. Resigning from the minis...

Ebed

(Encyclopedia)Ebed ēˈbĕd [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Gaal. 2 One who returned with Ezra. ...
 

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