Lazarus

See also: lazarus

English

Etymology

Via Late Latin Lazarus, from Ancient Greek Λάζαρος (Lázaros), the New Testament Greek form of Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר‎ (ʾelʿāzār, literally “God has helped”); see Eleazar.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlæzəɹəs/

Proper noun

Lazarus

1. (bible) A man, the brother of Mary and Martha, who according to the New Testament Gospel of John was brought back to life by Jesus after being entombed for four days.
2. (bible) A beggar mentioned in a parable told by Jesus Christ as related in the New Testament Gospel of Luke.
3. (rare) A male given name.

Synonyms

• (New Testament character raised from the dead): Lazarus of Bethany

Derived terms

• Lazarus species
• Lazarus taxon

Related terms

• Eleazar

Translations

New Testament characters

• Armenian: Ղազարոս (Łazaros), Ղազար (Łazar)
• Catalan: Llàtzer m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉匝祿 (zh) (Lāzālù (拉撒路))

• Czech: Lazar m
• Danish: Lazarus
• Dutch: Lazarus
• Esperanto: Lazaro
• Estonian: Laatsarus
• Finnish: Lasarus
• French: Lazare (fr)
• Georgian: ლაზარე (lazare)
• German: Lazarus
• Greek: Λάζαρος (el) m (Lázaros)

  Ancient: Λάζαρος (Lázaros)

• Hawaiian: Lazaro

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} אֶלְעָזָר‎ m (ʼElʻāzār)
• Italian: Lazzaro
• Japanese: ラザロ (Razaro)
• Korean: 나사로 (nasaro)
• Latin: Lazarus
• Maore Comorian: Lazaro
• Ngazidja Comorian: Lazaro
• Norwegian: Lasarus
• Polish: Łazarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Lázaro m
• Russian: Ла́зарь (ru) m (Lázarʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: Лазар m (Lazar)
• Spanish: Lázaro (es) m
• Swedish: Lasaros
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

male given name

• Armenian: Ղազարոս (Łazaros), Ղազար (Łazar)
• Catalan: Llàtzer
• Hawaiian: Lakalo
• Hungarian: Lázár (hu)

• Portuguese: Lázaro m
• Romanian: Lazăr m
• Russian: Ла́зарь (ru) m (Lázarʹ)
• Spanish: Lázaro (es)

Noun

Lazarus (plural Lazaruses)

1. A person who was dead and has been resurrected; a dead person who could potentially be resurrected; perhaps used metaphorically or hypothetically.
   • 1855, The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 105, page 302,

     This was the classic age of all the various exhumations, restorations, and resurrections; it was a retrospective time — a time of ghosts and Lazaruses, more or less decomposed.

   • 1870, Edmond de Pressensé, Annie Harwood Holmden (translator), The Early Years of the Christian Church, Book 3: First Century, page 462,

     Those who hear the voice of the Son of man and live, are so many Lazaruses called to the life divine.

   • 2010, Ippolito Desideri, Michael J Sweet (translator), Mission to Tibet: The Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Account of Father Ippolito Desideri, page 598,

     Finally, in whatever state or condition of life the faithful may find themselves, even if they cannot, like the apostles, assist the Lazaruses to rise from their tombs […] .

2. A poor person, a beggar.
   • 1706, George Fox, Gospel Truth Demonstrated, in a Collection of Doctrinal Books, Volume 2, 1831, page 273,

     And do you not think, that all these poor Lazaruses, that you have persecuted, and do persecute, that when they die, they will not be carried into Abraham's bosom?

   • 2002, Stephen W. Plunkett, This We Believe: Eight Truths Presbyterians Affirm, page 109,

     These are the Lazaruses who lie prostrate at the gates of our cities and neighborhoods, and these are the needs that affluent Americans have conditioned themselves not to see because reaching out in any significant way would be far too costly.

   • 2008, Charles McCollough, The Art of Parables, page 126,

     Do we respond to the poor Lazaruses in our midst with charity (scraps from our table), or do we seek to change the economic conditions that set up these extremes of rich and poor?

Synonyms

• (poor person): see Thesaurus:pauper
• (beggar): see Thesaurus:beggar

Verb

Lazarus (third-person singular simple present Lazaruses, present participle Lazarusing, simple past and past participle Lazarused)

1. (African American Vernacular) To rescue a dying person.
2. (African American Vernacular) To raise from the dead.

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Danish

Proper noun

Lazarus

1. Lazarus

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German

Proper noun

Lazarus

1. Lazarus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר‎ (El'azár).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /laːˈzaː.rus/, [ɫaːˈzaː.rʊs]

Proper noun

Lāzārus m (genitive Lāzārī); second declension

1. Lazarus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Lāzārus	Lāzārī
Genitive	Lāzārī	Lāzārōrum
Dative	Lāzārō	Lāzārīs
Accusative	Lāzārum	Lāzārōs
Ablative	Lāzārō	Lāzārīs
Vocative	Lāzāre	Lāzārī

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Old Saxon

Proper noun

Lazarus

1. Lazarus

Declension

Declension of Lazarus (proper noun)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	Lazarus	—
accusative	Lazarusan, Lazarus	—
genitive	Lazaruses	—
dative	Lazaruse	—
instrumental	—	—