Eleazar (name)

Eleazar (Hebrew: אלעזר, meaning God helped, El-azar) is a common Jewish given name for a male.

Eleazar
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameHebrew
MeaningGod helps
Other names
Related namesLazar, 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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