Eleazar

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

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.