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Ebenezer

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A place name used for small towns or villages

proper noun
/ˌɛbɪˈniːzər/

: Ebenezer

John Martin Bolzius, pastor and administrator of the neighboring town of Ebenezer a few miles northwest of Savannah, also regularly informed his Lutheran colleagues in Salzburg, Austria, about the progress of their community and remarked upon Tomochichi's passing.
Ebenezer, Georgia

You are you still pastor at Ebenezer Baptist?

Examples

He was studious, eventually becoming a Wilson valedictorian, and went to church every Sunday at either New Ebenezer Church or Savannah Grove Baptist Church, where he is still a leader.

Blog text (17)
They were originally being evacuated to Perry Hall Shopping Center across the street from the school at the corner of Ebenezer Road and Belair Road.

Blog text (9)
Here at the Greater Ebenezer

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
And occasionally went with my wife to Ebenezer Baptist Church where he was the Co pastor.
Shortly thereafter, Martin Boltzius, one of the Lutheran ministers at Ebenezer, Georgia, noted:

Academic text (2006)
Raphael Warnock, pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, spiritual home of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Junior.
Collection contains a hand-drawn nineteenth-century chart of landowners from Ebenezer, Georgia, by an unknown author and two copies.

Academic text (2010)
Ebenezer, Georgia, List of Lot Owners, 1800s (MS 2366, 0.02 cubic foot)

Academic text (2010)
I am 14 years old and am an 8th grader at Ebenezer Middle School.
Rock Hill police reported that a large tree fell Friday morning at Cherry Road and Ebenezer Road Extension.

Surface Forms

Ebenezer main

Etymology

Ebenezer as a place name comes from the Hebrew Eben-Ezer, with eben meaning 'stone' and ezer meaning 'help'. Settlers often called a town Ebenezer to show thanks or hope, like placing a 'stone of help' when they began a new community.