Ebenezer

  • [ eb-ə-NEE-zər (English) ]
  • Biblical
Means "stone of help" in Hebrew. This was the name of a monument erected by Samuel in the Old Testament. Charles Dickens used it for the miserly character Ebenezer Scrooge in his novel 'A Christmas Carol' (1843).

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Eben