Λάζαρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אלעזר (ʼElʻāzār, “El has helped.”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lǎːz.daː.ros/ → /ˈla.za.ros/ → /ˈla.za.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lǎːz.daː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.za.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.za.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.za.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.za.ros/

Proper noun

Λᾱ́ζᾱρος • (Lā́zāros) m (genitive Λᾱζᾱ́ρου); second declension

1. Lazarus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Λᾱ́ζᾱρος; τοῦ Λᾱζᾱ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Λᾱ́ζᾱρος ho Lā́zāros
Genitive	τοῦ Λᾱζᾱ́ρου toû Lāzā́rou
Dative	τῷ Λᾱζᾱ́ρῳ tôi Lāzā́rōi
Accusative	τὸν Λᾱ́ζᾱρον tòn Lā́zāron
Vocative	Λᾱ́ζᾱρε Lā́zāre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Arabic: لعازر
• Catalan: Llàtzer
• Chinese: 拉撒路 (Lāsālù), 拉匝祿／拉匝禄 (Lāzālù)
  • Pinyin: Lāsālù
• Czech: Lazar
• Danish: Lazarus
• Dutch: Lazarus
• English: Lazarus
• Finnish: Lasarus
• French: Lazare
• German: Lazarus
• Greek: Λάζαρος (Lázaros)
• Hebrew: לזרוס (Lazaros) (Lazarus of Bethany)
• Indonesian: Lazarus
• Italian: Lazzaro
• Japanese: ラザロ (Razaro)
• Latin: Lazarus
• Lithuanian: Lozorius
• Norwegian: Lasarus
• Old Armenian: Ղազարոս (Łazaros), Ղազար (Łazar)
  • Armenian: Ղազարոս (Ġazaros), Ղազար (Ġazar)
• Old Church Slavonic: Лаꙁаръ (Lazarŭ)
• Polish: Łazarz
• Portuguese: Lázaro
• Romanian: Lazăr
• Russian: Ла́зарь (Lázarʹ)
• Spanish: Lázaro
• Swahili: Lazaro
• Swedish: Lasaros
• Ukrainian: Лазар (Lazar)

Further reading

• G2976 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible