ebenezer

noun

eb·​e·​ne·​zer

ˌebə¦nēzə(r)

plural -s

1

usually capitalized : a commemoration of divine assistance

here I raise mine Ebenezer; hither by Thy help I'm come

—Robert Robinson

2

dialectal : anger, temper

he must have had a tempestical time of it for she had got her ebenezer up

—T. C. Haliburton

Word History

Etymology

Hebrew ebhen hā-ʽezer stone of help; from the application of this name by Samuel to the stone which he set up in commemoration of God's help to the Israelites in their victory over the Philistines at Mizpah (1 Samuel 7:12)

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