Eleazar

English

Etymology

From Classical Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (el'azár), literally “God has helped”.

Proper noun

Eleazar

1. (biblical) Any of a number of men in the Old Testament, including a son of Aaron.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Deuteronomy 10:6:

     And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.

2. A male given name of biblical origin.

Related terms

• Lazarus

Translations

biblical character

• Danish: Eleazar (da)
• Finnish: Eleasar (fi)
• Hawaiian: ʻEleazara

• Norwegian: Elasar (no)
• Swedish: Eleasar (sv)

male given name

• Hawaiian: ʻEleakala