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Ebenezer (given name)

Ebenezer
GenderMale
Origin
Language(s)Hebrew
Meaning"stone of the help"
Other names
Short form(s)Eben, Ben

Ebenezer, less commonly spelled Ebenezar, is a male given name of Hebrew origin meaning "stone of the help" (derived from the phrase Eben ha-Ezer).[1] The name is sometimes abbreviated as Eben. Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol has given the name a negative connotation.[2]

List of people with the given name Ebenezer

Fictional characters

See also

  • Eben-Ezer, a place mentioned as the site of two battles in the Books of Samuel of the Old Testament
  • "Ebeneezer Goode", a song by The Shamen
  • "Ebenezer Scrooge", a fictional character from Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. Scrooge is widely known in the English-speaking world as a cold-hearted miser who becomes redeemed after being visited by three ghosts on Christmas.

References

  1. ^ Entry "'Eben ha-`ezer", in: Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionary.
  2. ^ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Ebenezer".
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