Ezekiel
n.
one of the great prophets of the Old Testament (Biblical); book of the Bible; male first name
Ezekiel
Ezekiel, , , "God will strengthen", fromחזק, chazaq, [ xa'zaq ], literally "to fasten upon", figuratively "strong", andאל, el, [ el ], literally "strength", figuratively "Almighty".He is a
prophet and priest in the
Bible who prophesied for 22 years sometime in
the 500's BC in the form of visions written in the
Book of Ezekiel (possibly) by him while exiled in Babylon.Not to be confused with: a priest named Jehezekel in 1 Chronicles 24:16, at the time of
David (earlier).
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Ezekiel
Noun
1. a Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC
(synonym) Ezechiel
(hypernym) prophet
2. an Old Testament book containing Ezekiel's prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and their subsequent restoration
(synonym) Ezechiel, Book of Ezekiel
(hypernym) book
(part-holonym) Prophets, Nebiim
Ezekiel
[Judaic] "Strength of God". He is one of the four greater prophets. In 598 BCE he was carried captive to Babylon, where he entered the prophetic calling in the fifth year of his captivity. The chapters 1.-24 of his book contain predictions before the fall of Jerusalem, and 25.-48 predictions after that event.
Ezekiel
the strength of God
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
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