Ezekiel (name)

Ezekiel

Ezekiel
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	"God will strengthen"
Other names
Variant form(s)	Ezequiel, Yehezkel, Ezechiel, Ezechiele
Short form(s)	Zeke

Ezekiel is a masculine Hebrew language name, meaning "God's Strength", and its popularity derives from Ezekiel, a figure is one of the Jewish prophets who prophesied during the exile around 593-571 BC.[2][3] He admonished, advised and comforted the Israelites in exile, where these words are written in the Book of Ezekiel, which is found in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament in the Christian Bible. It can be used as both a given name and a surname.

• Arabic: حزقيال (Hizqial)
• Bengali: ইজেকিয়েল (Ijēkiẏēla)
• Chinese: 以西结 (Yǐxījié)
• Czech: Ezechiel
• Dutch: Ezechiël
• English: Ezekiel
• Ethiopia: ህዝቅኤል (Hizqael)
• Eritrea: ህዝቅኤል
• French: Ézéchiel
• German: Hesekiel
• Greek: εζεκιήλ (Iezekiḗl)
• Hawaiian: Ekekiʻela, Ezekiʻela
• Hebrew: יְחֶזְקֵאל (Yəḥezqēʾl)
• Hindi: ईजेकील (Eejekeel)
• Hungarian: Ezékiel
• Icelandic: Esekíel
• Indonesian: Yehezkiel, Ezekiel
• Italian: Ezechiele
• Latin: Ezechiel
• Japanese: イジイキエル (Ijiikieru)
• Korean: 에스겔 (Eseugel)
• Lithuanian: Ezekielis
• Macedonian: Ezekiel
• Norwegian: Esekiel
• Polish: Ezechiel
• Portuguese: Ezequiel
• Romanian: Ezechiel
• Russian: Иезекииль (Iyezekiil')
• Slovak: Ezekiel
• Slovenian: Ezekiel
• Spanish: Ezequiel
• Swedish: Ezekiel
• Telugu: Ezekiel
• Turkish: Ezekiel
• Yiddish: Ezekiel

Notable people with the name include:

• Ezekiel (c. 622 – c. 570 BCE), Hebrew prophet of the Old Testament
• Ezekiel (Nestorian patriarch), patriarch of the Church of the East 570–581
• Ezekiel the Tragedian (2nd century BCE), author of Greek tragedies on biblical matters
• Ezekiel Ansah (born 1989), Ghanaian football player
• Ezekiel Bacon (1776–1870), American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts and New York
• Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (1862–1944), American politician from Mississippi
• Ezekiel F. Chambers (1788–1867), American politician from Maryland
• Ezekiel Elliott (born 1995), American football player
• Ezekiel Abraham Ezekiel (1757–1806), English engraver
• Ezekiel C. Gathings (1903–1979), American politician from Arkansas
• Ezekiel Hart (1767–1843), British North America entrepreneur and politician
• Ezekiel B. Hart (c. 1795–1814), American naval officer
• Ezekiel Henty (born 1993), Nigerian footballer
• Ezekiel Kemboi (born 1982), Kenyan athlete
• Ezekiel Maige (born 1970), Tanzanian politician
• Zeke Moreno (born 1978), American football player
• Zeke Mowatt (born 1961), American football player

• Ezekiel Abraham Ezekiel (1757–1806), English engraver
• Florence Ezekiel (1932–2006), known as Nadira, Indian actress
• Imoh Ezekiel (born 1993), Nigerian football player
• Judah bar Ezekiel (220–299 CE), Babylonian amora
• Mordecai Ezekiel (1899–1974), American economist
• Moses Jacob Ezekiel (1844–1917), American sculptor
• Nissim Ezekiel (1924–2004), Indian poet, playwright, and art critic
• Sarah Ezekiel (born 1965), artist diagnosed with ALS

• Ezekiel Jackson (b. 1978), ring name of professional wrestler Rycklon Stephens, best known for competing in WWE
• Ezekiel (b. 1987), ring name of professional wrestler Jeffrey Sciullo, currently signed to WWE and best known as Elias

• Ezekiel Sims, a character from Marvel's Spider-Man comics
• Ezekiel Reyes, a fallen angel from the TV series Supernatural
• Ezekiel Bloor, a character in Jenny Nimmo's Children of the Red King
• Ezekiel Cheever, a character in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible
• Ezekiel Rage, an overzealous antagonist from The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
• Ezekiel "Zeke" Stane, a character from Marvel's Iron Man comics
• Ezekiel Zick from the Monster Allergy comic book and TV series
• King Ezekiel, a character in The Walking Dead franchise
• Ezekiel, a character from the Total Drama series
• Ezekiel Figuero, the protagonist of The Get Down
• Ezekiel Jones, a main character on the television series The Librarians, portrayed by John Harlan Kim
• Ezekiel “Easy” Boudreau, lawyer and one of the main characters in the television series Proven Innocent, portrayed by Russell Hornsby
• Ezekiel “EZ” Reyes, main character in the television series Mayans M.C., portrayed by J. D. Pardo
• Ezekiel Pedrad, "Zeke" character in book series "Divergent"
• Ezekiel Abaddon "the Despoiler", Warmaster of Chaos in Warhammer 40,000

• Ezekiel (disambiguation)
• Hezekiah ("YHWH" version of the name)
• Yehezkel (name)

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