Eleazar (name)
Eleazar (Hebrew: אלעזר, meaning God helped, El-azar) is a common Jewish given name for a male.
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | God helps |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Lazar, Lazarus, Eliezer |
People with this name
The first male known to be given the name was Eleazar, son of Aaron and High Priest of Israel.
Other people with this name include:
- Eleazar (son of Aminadab), who was entrusted as a keeper of the Ark of the covenant
- Eleazar (son of Dodo), one of King David's warriors
- Eleazar (son of Pinhas), one of those in charge of the sacred vessels brought back to Jerusalem after the Babylonian Exile
- Eleazar Avaran, the younger brother of Judas Maccabeus
- Eleazar (2 Maccabees), a Jewish martyr (2 Maccabees chapter 6)
- Eleazar ben Ananus, Temple Captain in 66 CE who cancelled the sacrifices to Caesar
- Eleazar ben Azariah, first century Mishanic scholar
- Eleazar ben Arach, one of the Tannaim of the First century C.E.
- Eleazar ben Pedat, an Amoraim of the 4th Century C.E.
- Eleazar Davidman, Israeli tennis player
- Elazar Meisels, American Orthodox rabbi
- Eleazar ben Shammua, a Mishnaic teacher of the 4th generation
- Elazar Shach (1898–2001), rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh yeshiva and founded the Degel HaTorah political party
- Eleazar ben Simon, one of the leaders of Jewish resistance in the First Jewish-Roman War
- Eleazar, name chosen by Bodo (bishop) upon conversion to Judaism
- Eleazar Rodgers, South African football (soccer) player
- Eleazar son of Eliud, mentioned briefly in the genealogy of Jesus (Matthew 1 verse 15)
- David Elazar (1925–76), Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
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