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View Name: Ebenezer


EBENEZER
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Biblical
OTHER SCRIPTS: אֶבֶן הָעָזֶר (Ancient Hebrew)
PRONOUNCED: eb-ə-NEE-zər (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "stone of help" in Hebrew. This was the name of a monument erected by Samuel in the Old Testament. Charles Dickens used it for the miserly character Ebenezer Scrooge in his novel 'A Christmas Carol' (1843).
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OTHER LANGUAGES: Eben (English)
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