Ebenezer

From Hebrew אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר (éven ha`ézer, “stone of help”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɛbəˈnizɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɛbəˈniːzə/

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• Rhymes: -iːzə(ɹ)

Ebenezer

1. (biblical) The stone memorial in Israel erected by Samuel.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 7:12:

     Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.

2. A male given name from Hebrew taken up by Puritans in the 17th century.
   • 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the page number)”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:

     "I have none to give," the Ghost replied. "It comes from other regions, Ebenezer Scrooge, and is conveyed by other ministers, to other kinds of men."

3. A ghost town in Georgia, United States.
4. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Ebenezer (plural Ebenezers)

1. A chapel or meetinghouse.

From English Ebenezer, from Hebrew אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר (éven ha`ézer, “stone of help”).

Ebenezer

1. a male given name from English [in turn from Hebrew]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Ebenezer.

Borrowed from English Ebenezer. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• Hyphenation: Ebe‧ne‧zer

Ebenezer n

1. A neighbourhood of Sint Maarten.