Eleazar

See also: Éléazar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר ('El'azár, “God has helped”). Doublet of Lazarus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛliˈeɪzə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛləˌzɔɹ/

Proper noun

Eleazar

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

Translations

biblical characters

• Armenian: Եղիազար (Eġiazar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以利亞撒 / 以利亚撒 (zh) (Yǐlìyàsā)

• Danish: Eleazar
• Finnish: Eleasar
• German: Eleasar
• Greek: Ελεάζαρ (el) (Eleázar)

  Ancient: Ἐλεάζαρ (Eleázar)

• Hawaiian: ʻEleazara
• Italian: Eleazar
• Latin: Eleazarus m
• Norwegian: Elasar
• Portuguese: Eleazar m
• Russian: Елеаза́р (ru) (Jeleazár)
• Spanish: Eleazar (es)
• Swedish: Eleasar

male given name

• Arabic: الْعَيْزَار (al-ʕayzār)
• Armenian: Եղիազար (Eġiazar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊利札 (Yīlìzhá)

• Finnish: Eleasar
• Hawaiian: ʻEleakala
• Spanish: Eliécer m

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɛlɛazar/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈɛlɛazar/

Proper noun

Eleazar m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Eleazar (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Eleazar	Eleazary	Eleazaři, Eleazarové
genitive	Eleazara	Eleazarú	Eleazaróv
dative	Eleazaru, Eleazarovi	Eleazaroma	Eleazaróm
accusative	Eleazara	Eleazary	Eleazary
vocative	Eleazaře	Eleazary	Eleazaři, Eleazarové
locative	Eleazaru, Eleazarovi	Eleazarú	Eleazařiech
instrumental	Eleazarem	Eleazaroma	Eleazary

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Eleazar”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Portuguese

Proper noun

Eleazar m

1. (biblical) Eleazar (a high priest of the Israelites)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /eleaˈθaɾ/ [e.le.aˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eleaˈsaɾ/ [e.le.aˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: E‧le‧a‧zar

Proper noun

Eleazar m

1. a male given name