Ebenezer

//ɛbəˈnizɚ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A chapel or meetinghouse.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The stone memorial in Israel erected by Samuel.

    "Then Samuel tooke a ſtone, and ſet it betweene Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-Ezer, ſaying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped vs."

  2. 2
    A male given name from Hebrew taken up by Puritans in the 17th century.

    ""I have none to give," the Ghost replied. "It comes from other regions, Ebenezer Scrooge, and is conveyed by other ministers, to other kinds of men.""

  3. 3
    A ghost town in Georgia, United States.
  4. 4
    A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. 5
    A locality in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Example

More examples

"Scrooge crept towards it, trembling as he went; and following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, Ebenezer Scrooge."

Etymology

From Hebrew אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר (éven ha`ézer, “stone of help”).

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