• Esdras

    Origin

    Borrowing from grc {{2}}, from Hebrew עזרא (Ezra, "God helps").

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    Esdras

    (plural Esdrass)
    1. (biblical) any of four books of the Old Testament and Apocrypha of the Bible. Sometimes abbreviated as Esd..

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    Depending upon which Bible is being examined there two or four Books of Esdras, with different names and numbering systems. Main Page has an article with a table explaining this.

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