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 Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.8.16

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 • Returned leader • A leader summoned by Ezra.

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Eliezer was one of the leaders summoned by Ezra to the river Ahava (Ezr.8.16).

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.8.16;
• only referred to as Eliezer אֱלִיעֶזֶר.

Eliezer was one of the leaders summoned by Ezra to the river Ahava during the return of the exiles from Babylon to Jerusalem (Ezr.8.16). Ezra had gathered the people at the river and discovered that there were no Levites among them. He then sent for Eliezer and other leaders to bring Levites and temple servants to accompany them on their journey. The Bible does not provide any additional information about Eliezer's role or status among the returning exiles.

All entries for Eliezer: אֱלִיעֶזֶר