Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stone erected by Samuel (1 Sam. vii. 12) as a memorial of divine aid in defeating the Philistines; hence, any memorial of divine assistance.
- noun A stone erected by Samuel (1 Sam. vii. 12) as a memorial of divine aid in defeating the Philistines.
- noun Any memorial of divine assistance: often adopted as a name for a chapel or church.
- noun A contemptuous name for a ‘dissenting’ chapel or church.
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- proper noun biblical The stone memorial in Israel erected by
Samuel . - proper noun A male
given name taken up byPuritans in the 17th century.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The word of Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws was assuredly not to be trusted on most things.
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Old School, from which time (the two religious bodies having become united), the congregation became known as the Ebenezer Presbyterian
Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. James Sheridan Knowles 1823
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The word Ebenezer comes from the Hebrew words 'Eben hà-ezer (eh'-ben haw-e'-zer), which simply mean "stone of help ...."
The Common Room 2009
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He's cheap, grouchy and stuck with the name Ebenezer, but that doesn't stop him from making us laugh with his wicked old ways or, eventually, breaking our hearts with his sad childhood and lonely old life.
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When Robinson wrote his lyrics, he followed the word Ebenezer with the phrase, "Here by Thy great help I've come."
The Common Room 2009
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“The Saltzburgers went further up the river, and selected a place of settlement, which they called Ebenezer, but the Brethren began immediately their settlement near to Savannah; and God so blessed their industry, that they were not only soon in a capacity of maintaining themselves, but, also, of being serviceable to their neighbors.
Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe Harris, Thaddeus M 1838
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Written by Dr. James Greenlaw Saint Francis Xavier University and Dr. Jazlin Ebenezer (Series Editor) University of Manitoba and published by Pearson - Prentice Hall.
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His Ebenezer was a tad small, but it contained the essential ingredients: stones and sweat.
Bonapar and Leland 2009
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What a boon a vine of the sort contemplated would have been to a Rhenish missionary I met at a part in the west of the colony called Ebenezer, whose children had never seen flowers, though old enough to talk about them!
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Samuel sets up a memorial stone with the name Ebenezer, "Stone of Help," not only to commemorate the victory but also as a reminder of the different results brought about by presumption on the one hand and by repentance on the other. "
The Happy Wonderer 2009
Logophile77 commented on the word Ebenezer
"...Here I raise mine Ebenezer;
Hither by thy help I'm come;
And I hope, by thy good pleasure
Safely to arrive at home
Jesus sought me when a stranger
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger
Interposed his precious blood..."
January 10, 2018