Ebenezer

Ebenezer

Ebenezer, less commonly spelled Ebenezar, is a name of Hebrew origin. It is sometimes abbreviated as Eben. The name may refer to:

Places

*Eben-Ezer - a place mentioned as the site of two battles in the Books of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible
*Ebenezer, New South Wales - a town near Sydney in Australia
*Ebenezer, Saskatchewan - a village in Canada
*Ebenezer Mission - an Aboriginal mission station in Western Victoria, Australia
*Ebenezer, Georgia - an abandoned town in the United States
*Ebenezer Baptist Church - part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site
*Ebenezer Fellowship Center - a church in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya

Intoxicants

*Ebenezer - a Shiraz wine produced by the Barossa Valley Estate vineyard in Australia [http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Features/0,1197,1357,00.html]
*"Ebeneezer Goode" - 1992 pop song by British group The Shamen, referencing the drug Ecstasy

Given name

Ebenezer is a male given name, originally in reference to the Biblical location.
*Ebenezer Adams (1765 - 1841) - American educator
*Ebenezer Ako-Adjei (1916 - 2002) - Ghanaian politician
*Ebenezer Allen (1743 - 1806) - American patriot
*Ebenezer Baldwin Andrews (1821 - 1880) - American geologist
*Ebenezer Balfour - character from Robert Louis Stephenson's 1886 novel "Kidnapped"
*Ebenezer Beesley (1840 – 1906) - writer and composer of Mormon religious music
*Ebenezer Blackadder - a Blackadder character from Victorian England, introduced in 1988
*Ebenezer Byron Finley (1833 - 1916) - American congressman
*Ebenezer Albert Fox (1857 - 1926) - famous English poacher
*Ebenezer Rhodes (1762-1839) - English topographer
*Ebenezer Lennox Scroggie - 19th-century Edinburgh grain merchant (or "mealman" as noted on his tombstone) misread by Charles Dickens as "mean man", inspiring his fictional character Scrooge
*Ebenezer Scrooge - fictional character in Charles Dickens' 1843 story "A Christmas Carol"


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  • Ebenezer — ist der Vorname folgender Personen: Ebenezer Ako Adjei (1916–2002), Politiker, Rechtsanwalt, Verleger und Journalist Ghanas Ebenezer Bryce (1830–1913), Namensgeber des Bryce Canyons Ebenezer Cook (* um 1667; † um 1732), englischer Dichter… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ebenezer — m English: originally the name (meaning ‘stone of help’ in Hebrew) of a place mentioned in the Bible, where the Israelites were defeated by the Philistines (I Samuel 4:1). When they took their revenge Samuel set up a memorial stone with this same …   First names dictionary

  • Ebenezer —   [hebräisch »Stein der Hilfe«], Eben Ezer, biblischer Ortsname, genannt in den Philisterkämpfen (1. Samuel 4, 1; 5, 1; 7, 12); die Lage des Ortes Ebenezer am Westrand des Gebirges Efraim ist unbekannt.   …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Ebenēzer — Ebenēzer, 1) (a. Geogr.), Ort in Palästina; von Samuel nach einem Siege über die Philister, in welchem er die Bundeslade wieder gewann, so benannt; 2) (n. Geogr.), Station der Rheinischen Missionäre mit 200 Ew. im District Clan William im… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Ebenēzer [1] — Ebenēzer (»Stein der Hilfe«), Ort in Palästina, unweit Mizpa in Judäa, wo Samuel ein Denkmal an seinen Sieg über die Philister setzte (1. Sam. 7, 12) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Ebenēzer [2] — Ebenēzer, 1) Hauptstation der Rheinischen Mission in der Grafschaft Clanwilliam der britisch südafrikan. Kapkolonie, nahe der Mündung des Olifant in den Atlantischen Ozean, mit (1891) 289 Einw. Die Station wurde 1832 angelegt, hat aber unter… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Ebenezer — Ebenēzer (hebr., »Stein der Hilfe«), Ort in Palästina, wo Israel von den Philistern geschlagen wurde. Später setzte dort Samuel einen Denkstein für den durch sein Gebet erlangten Sieg der Israeliten (1 Sam. 4,1; 7,12) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Ebenezer — male proper name, sometimes also the name of a Protestant chapel or meeting house, from name of a stone raised by Samuel to commemorate a victory over the Philistines at Mizpeh (I Sam. vii.12), from Heb. ebhen ezar stone of help, from ebhen stone …   Etymology dictionary

  • Ebenezer — [eb΄ə nē′zər] n. [Heb even haezer, lit., stone of the help: see 1 Sam. 7:12] a masculine name …   English World dictionary

  • Ebenezer — This is one of the most interesting surnames on record. Its origins are from the Hebrew Eben , meaning stone , and ezer , help, and derives from the stone of help raised by Samuel to commemorate the defeat of the Philistines (Samuel 1 V11.12).… …   Surnames reference

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