English Explanatory Dictionary

Ezekiel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A book of the Old Testament of the Bible.
  2. A prophet mentioned in the Bible
  3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. First used by Puritans in the 17th century; rare today.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈziːkiəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ezekiel.wav

Word forms

Ezekiel Ezek.

Etymology

From Koine Greek Ἰεζεκιήλ (Iezekiḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יְחֶזְקֵאל (Y'ḥezqēl, “God strengthens”).

Derived words

Ezekiel bread Zeke

Translations

Afrikaans: Esegiël Arabic: حِزْقِيَال Asturian: Ezequiel Basque: Ezekiel Breton: Yehezkel Catalan: Ezequiel Cebuano: Ezequiel Chinese Cantonese: 以西結書 /以西结书 Eastern Min Chinese: 以西結書 /以西结书 Hakka Chinese: 以西結書 /以西结书 Chinese Mandarin: 以西結書 /以西结书 Corsican: Ezechiellu Czech: Ezechiel Danish: Ezekiel Dutch: Ezechiël Esperanto: Jeĥezkel Estonian: Hesekieli raamat Faroese: Ezekiel Finnish: Hesekiel French: Ézéchiel West-Frisian: Ezechiël German: Ezechiel German: Hesekiel Greek: Ιεζεκιήλ Ancient Greek: Ἰεζεκιήλ Hawaiian: ʻEzekiʻela Hebrew: יְחֶזְקֵאל Hindi: यहेज़क़ेल Hungarian: Ezékiel Icelandic: Esekíel Ido: Ezekiel Indonesian: Yehezkiel Irish: Leabhar Eizicéil Irish: Eizicéil Italian: Ezechiele Japanese: エゼキエル書 Kazakh: Езекиел Central Kurdish: حزقیێل Latin: Ezechiel Latvian: Ecēhiēl Limburgish: Ezechiël Lithuanian: Ezechielio knyga
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