Eleazar

Gender Masculine
Usage Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Scripts אֶלְעָזָר(Ancient Hebrew) Ἐλεάζαρ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /ˌɛl.i.ˈeɪ.zəɹ/(American English) /ˌɛl.i.ˈeɪ.zə/(British English)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From the Hebrew name אֶלְעָזָר (ʾElʿazar) meaning "God has helped", derived from אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God" and עָזַר (ʿazar) meaning "to help". In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the sons of Aaron. The name also appears in the New Testament belonging to one of the ancestors of Jesus in the genealogy in the Gospel of Matthew.

Related Names

Rootsʾel + ʿazar
VariantLazaros(Biblical Greek)
Other Languages & Cultures'El'azar, 'Eli'ezer(Biblical Hebrew) Lazar(Bulgarian) Lazar(Croatian) Lazarus(English (African)) Lazare(French) Lazaros(Greek) Elazar, Eliezer(Hebrew) Lázár(Hungarian) Lazzaro(Italian) Lazar(Macedonian) Lázaro(Portuguese) Lazăr(Romanian) Lazar(Russian) Lazar(Serbian) Lázaro(Spanish) Lazer(Yiddish)
User SubmissionEléazar

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   natural   wholesome   strong   strange   complex   serious  

Categories

help, Orthodox saints, parkourists, saints, theophoric names, Twilight characters

Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g1648, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g1648.
Entry updated December 1, 2024