Ebenezer
Famous fictional tightwad
Ebenezer is a biblical Hebrew name meaning "stone of help," referring to a memorial stone Samuel erected after a victory over the Philistines.
The name became associated with miserliness through Dickens's Ebenezer Scrooge in *A Christmas Carol*.
In some Christian traditions, an ebenezer is a reminder of God's assistance: Here I raise my Ebenezer appears in the hymn "Come, Thou Fount."
Miserly, cold-hearted person
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- SamuelName meaning "God heard"
- altarSacred ritual table
Israel · Philistines · remembrance · monument · Hebrew · testament · pillar · covenant
Miserly, cold-hearted person
- DickensSurname of Victorian novelist
- miserStingy wealth hoarder
- humbugFalse talk or pretense
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
transformation · Victorian · greed · miserly · ghosts · Marley · skinflint · curmudgeon
Small worship room
- churchPlace of Christian worship
- surnameHereditary family identifier
- WelshOf a Celtic nation
- SouthernOf the region below
Baptist · Methodist · congregation · meetinghouse · African American · historical · plantation · place name
Scrooge
Miserly, cold-hearted person
altar · Israel · Philistines · remembrance · monument · Hebrew · testament · pillar · covenant · gratitude
Scrooge
Miserly, cold-hearted person
redemption · transformation · Victorian · greed · miserly · ghosts · Marley · skinflint · curmudgeon · tightfisted
chapel
Small worship room
Southern · Baptist · Methodist · congregation · meetinghouse · African American · historical · plantation · place name · township
- literary charactersSherlock Holmes, Scout Finch, Elizabeth Bennet, Macbeth, Huck Finn
- Old-Fashioned NamesMildred, Gertrude, Ethel, Edna, Bertha
- Christmas NamesSanta, Rudolph, Frosty, Scrooge, Blitzen
- DickensCharles Dickens, Dickens, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol
- Samuel BooksDavid, Saul, Samuel, Jonathan, Bathsheba
- HawkesburyWindsor, Richmond, Wilberforce, Oakville, Cornwallis
Ebenezerphilanthropist
Donor to charitable causes
Santa Claus · benefactor · Good Samaritan · altruist · patron
EbenezerTiny Tim
Sickly Victorian street urchin
Bob Cratchit · warm heart · Christmas spirit · life of the party
Ebenezerpeople person
One who enjoys company
life of the party · sentimentalist · softie · bleeding heart · mensch
- Ebenezer Scrooge
- Ebenezer HowardGarden-city movement founder