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Ebenezer

/ɛbəˈnizɚ/ · name

Meaning

  1. A male given name from Hebrew taken up by Puritans in the 17th century.
  2. A chapel or meetinghouse.
  3. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  4. A ghost town in Georgia, United States.
  5. A locality in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  6. The stone memorial in Israel erected by Samuel.

Etymology / origin

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

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