Lexical Definition

‎אֱלִיעֶזֶר‎ ʼĔlîyʻezer (el-ee-eh'-zer) Eliezer ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אֵל‎ and ‎עֵזֶר‎; God of help

Eliezer.

• § Eliezer = "God is help"
• Eliezer, the name of a Damascene and of ten Israelites

1) Abraham's Damascene servant
2) a son of Moses
3) a Benjamite
4) a priest who helped move the ark
5) a Reubenite
6) a prophet who spoke to Jehoshaphat
7) a Levite chief
8) son of Harim
9) priest with foreign wife

See Greek: Ἐλιέζερ

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.15.2

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֱלִיעֶ֫זֶר‎ (‎עֶֿ֑זרֶ‎ Gen 15:2 +) proper name, masculine (God is help, compare Exod 18:4 see also ‎אֶלְעָזָר‎ below, ‎עֲזַרְאֵל‎, Phoenician ‎אשמנעזר‎, ‎בעלעזר‎, ‎עזרבעל‎)
a. Abraham's steward (‎אֱלִיעֶ֑זֶר‎), a Damascene Gen 15:2.
b. a son of Moses Exod 18:4; 1Chr 23:15; 1Chr 23:17 (twice in verse).
c. Benjamite 1Chr 7:8.
d. several priests 1Chr 15:24; 1Chr 26:25; Ezek 10:18.
e. Reubenite 1Chr 27:16. feminine prophet in time of Jehoshaphat 2Chr 20:37.
g. Levite chief Ezek 8:16; Ezek 10:23.
h. son of Harim Ezra 10:31.

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Profile

Male • Of Damascus, Abraham's servant and potential heir.

Man living at the time of the Patriarchs

Eliezer of Damascus was Abraham's servant and potential heir before the birth of Ishmael and Isaac (Gen.15.2).

• A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.15.2;
• only referred to as Eliezer אֱלִיעֶזֶר.

Eliezer of Damascus was a servant in Abraham's household who was mentioned as a potential heir to Abraham's estate before the birth of Ishmael and Isaac (Gen.15.2). In a conversation with God, Abraham lamented his lack of children and named Eliezer as the steward of his house and the one who would inherit his possessions. However, God promised Abraham that he would have a son of his own, and this promise was fulfilled through the births of Ishmael and Isaac.

All entries for Eliezer: אֱלִיעֶזֶר