Esdras

[ ez-druhs ]

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noun

either of the first two books of the Apocrypha, I Esdras or II Esdras.
Douay Bible.
1. Ezra ( def 1 ).
2. either of two books, I Esdras or II Esdras, corresponding to the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, respectively, in the Authorized Version.

Esdras

/ ˈɛzdræs /

either of two books of the Apocrypha, I and II Esdras , called III and IV Esdras , in the Douay Bible
either of two books of the Douay Bible Old Testament, I and II Esdras corresponding to the books of Ezra and Nehemiah in the Authorized Version

Esdras Edzardi, well skilled in these matters, made a small collection of his mistakes, which he shewed to Morhof.

And Esdras stood up upon a pulpit of wood, which was made for that purpose, and opened the Law of Moses to the people.

In the thirtieth year after the ruin of the city, Esdras was in Babylon and troubled because of the desolation of Sion.

It is quite possible that the Black Sea is the "waters" to which Esdras refers.

Esdras also made a wooden scaffold for speaking: in which when he stood, he was higher than the rest of the people.

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