Given name · Hebrew
אלעזר
“God”·“helped”
אלעזר ('el'azár) is a masculine given name. It is used in Hebrew.
HebrewWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Lazar.
Meaning & origin
What it means
אלעזר is built from elements meaning “God” and “helped”.
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How it developed
Built from Hebrew אֵל ('él, “God”) + עָזַר ('azár, “helped”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
אלעזר’s family of names
In Hebrew usage, אלעזר has a later derivative in Lazar.
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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named אלעזר
- Elazar ShachLithuanian-Jewish Haredi leader (1898-2001)
- Eleazar AvaranMaccabean revolutionary
- Eli DasaIsraeli footballerborn 1992
- Eleazar ben Azariah1st-century CE Jewish rabbi and Tannaim sage100–200
- Eleazar ben SimonZealot leader during the First Jewish-Roman War1–70
- Elazar SternIsraeli politician and generalborn 1956
- Eleazar ben Ya'ir50–73
- Eleazar of Modi'imlate 1st/early 2nd century Judean Jewish scholar101–200
- Eleazar Chisma100–200
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