ebenezer
Collocations
4ADJ.
other, own
VERB + EBENEZER
name
EBENEZER + NOUN
scrooge
PREP.
from
Definitions
name
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.
Here I raiſe my Eben-ezer, Hither by thy Grace I'm come; So I hope by thy good Pleaſure, Shortly to arrive at Home:
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."
A ghost town in Georgia, United States.
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
A locality in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
noun
A chapel or meetinghouse.
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4Then 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.
WiktionaryHere I raiſe my Eben-ezer, Hither by thy Grace I'm come; So I hope by thy good Pleaſure, Shortly to arrive at Home:
Wiktionary"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."
WiktionaryScrooge crept towards it, trembling as he went; and following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, Ebenezer Scrooge.
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