Gender Masculine
Scripts אֱלִיעֶזֶר(Hebrew) Ἐλιέζερ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /ˌɛl.i.ˈɛz.əɹ/(English) /ˌɛl.i.ˈiː.zəɹ/(English)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From the Hebrew name אֱלִיעֶזֶר (ʾEliʿezer) meaning "my God is help", derived from אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God" and עֵזֶר (ʿezer) meaning "help". This is the name of several characters in the Old Testament, including a servant of Abraham and one of the sons of Moses (see Exodus 18:4 for an explanation of the significance of the name). It also appears in the New Testament belonging to an ancestor of Jesus in the genealogy in the Gospel of Luke.

Related Names

Rootsʾel + ʿezer
Other Languages & Cultures'El'azar, 'Eli'ezer(Biblical Hebrew) Lazar(Bulgarian) Lazar(Croatian) Lazarus(English (African)) Lazare(French) Lazaros(Greek) Lázár(Hungarian) Lazzaro(Italian) Lazar(Macedonian) Lázaro(Portuguese) Lazăr(Romanian) Lazar(Russian) Lazar(Serbian) Lázaro(Spanish) Lazer(Yiddish)
Same Spelling'Eli'ezer
User SubmissionsÉliezer, Eliézer, Eliëzer

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Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g1663, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g1663.
Entry updated October 6, 2024