Ebenezer
pronunciation
How to pronounce Ebenezer in British English:
UK [,ebi'ni:zə]
How to pronounce Ebenezer in American English:
US
Word Origin
- Ebenezer
- masc. proper name, from Hebrew ebhen ezar "stone of help," from ebhen "stone" + ezer "help." Sometimes also the name of a Protestant chapel or meeting house, from name of a stone raised by Samuel to commemorate a divinely aided victory over the Philistines at Mizpeh (I Sam. vii:12),
Example
- 1. Has not even the reverend ebenezer slither declared them so ?
- 2. After the philistines had captured the ark of god , they took it from ebenezer to ashdod .