Ebenezer
/ˌɛbɪˈniːzər/noun
A biblical place name and personal name meaning a stone or memorial of divine help.
Did you know?In the Bible, Ebenezer was a commemorative stone raised after Israel’s victory, turning a physical object into a ritual reminder of answered prayer and protection.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*ʕ-z-r
“To help, support, or rescue”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
ʾeven ha-ʿezer
“Stone of help”
11th–10th Century BCE
Hebrew
הָאֶבֶן הָעֶזֶר
“The Ebenezer stone mentioned in the biblical account of Israel’s victory over the Philistines”
3rd–2nd Century BCE
Greek
Ἀβεννεζέρ
“Greek transliteration of the Hebrew place name”
4th Century CE
Latin
Ebenezer
“Latin biblical form of the name”
17th Century
English
Ebenezer
“English biblical name, later used as a personal name”
Modern English
English
Ebenezer
“A male given name, famously associated with Charles Dickens’s Ebenezer Scrooge”