Eliezer

See also: Éliézer

English

Etymology

From Hebrew אליעזר (eliʿézer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛliˈɛzə(ɹ)/, /ˌɛliˈiːzə(ɹ)/

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Proper noun

Eliezer (plural Eliezers)

1. (biblical) Any of a number of men in the Old Testament, including a son of Moses.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 18:4:

     And the name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father, said he, was mine helpe, and deliuered me from the sword of Pharaoh.

2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
   • 2024 February 17, Tom Lamont, “‘Humanity’s remaining timeline? It looks more like five years than 50’: meet the neo-luddites warning of an AI apocalypse”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Eliezer Yudkowsky, a 44-year-old academic wearing a grey polo shirt, rocks slowly on his office chair and explains with real patience – taking things slowly for a novice like me – that every single person we know and love will soon be dead.

Translations

biblical character

• Danish: Eliezer
• Esperanto: Eliezero
• Finnish: Elieser
• French: Éliézer (fr) m
• German: Eleasar m, Elieser m, Eliëser m
• Hebrew: אליעזר (eliézer))
• Italian: Eliezer m
• Latin: Eliezer m
• Norwegian: Elieser
• Portuguese: Eliézer m, Eliezer m
• Spanish: Eliezer m, Eliecer (es), Eliécer m
• Swedish: Elieser
• Yiddish: אליעזר m (elyezer)

Further reading

• Eliezer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew אליעזר (Eliézer). Not to be confused with Lazarus/Eleazar

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛ.liˈɛz.zɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.liˈɛd.d͡zer]

Proper noun

Eliezer m sg (genitive Eliezēris); third declension

1. a male given name from Hebrew

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Eliezer
genitive	Eliezēris
dative	Eliezērī
accusative	Eliezērem
ablative	Eliezēre
vocative	Eliezer