EZEKIEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ezekiel mean? 

• EZEKIEL (noun)
  The noun EZEKIEL has 2 senses:

1. a Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC

2. an Old Testament book containing Ezekiel's prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and their subsequent restoration

  Familiarity information: EZEKIEL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EZEKIEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ezechiel; Ezekiel

Instance hypernyms:

prophet (someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An Old Testament book containing Ezekiel's prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and their subsequent restoration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Book of Ezekiel; Ezechiel; Ezekiel

Instance hypernyms:

book (a major division of a long written composition)

Holonyms ("Ezekiel" is a part of...):

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)

Nebiim; Prophets (the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)

 Context examples 

At night we could hear from amid the trees the long-drawn cry, as some primitive Ezekiel mourned for fallen greatness and recalled the departed glories of Ape Town.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)