Name Meaning and Biblical Context of Eleazar
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| Meaning | God has helped. | ||
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The Biblical baby name Eleazar is Hebrew in origin and it's meaning is God has helped.
Eleazar is pronounced el-aw-zawr'. Eleazar is the name of eight men in the Bible. Eleazar was the third son of Aaron. He succeeded his father as the high priest. Eleazar helped Moses with taking the census of the people, assisted at the inaguaration of Joshua and took part in the division of the Promised Land amongst the tribes. The son of Abinadab was also named Eleazar. He cared for the ark. Eleazar was the son of Dodo. He was one of the three most eminent of David's thirty-seven heroes. Eleazar broke through the Philistine forces and brought David water from the well of Bethlehem. A priest who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, the son of Phinehas, a man with a foreign wife during the time of Ezra, the son of Eliud and an ancestor of Jesus, and the grandson of Merari were all named Eleazar. Biblical reference for baby name Eleazar: Leviticus 10:6; Numbers 3:32; 20:28; 26:3; Joshua 14:1; 1 Samuel 7:1; 2 Samuel 23:9; 1 Chronicles 11:12; 23:21,22; 24:28; Nehemiah 12:42; Ezra 8:33; 10:25; Matthew 1:15 Strong's concordance H499 |
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