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(biblical) The stone memorial in Israel erected by Samuel. quotations examples
Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1 Samuel 7:12
A male given name from Hebrew taken up by Puritans in the 17th century. quotations examples
"I have none to give," the Ghost replied. "It comes from other regions, Ebenezer Scrooge, and is conveyed by other ministers, to other kinds of men."
1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the page number)”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […]
A ghost town in Georgia, United States. examples
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada. examples
plural Ebenezers
A chapel or meetinghouse. examples