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Eleazar

The third son of Aaron, and his successor in the dignity of high priest, Exod. vi, 23. Eleazar is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “help of God, court of God.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: concordance
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: Installed reference work

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G1648, H0499
Hebrew
אֶלְעָזָר · ʼElʻâzâr
Greek
Ἐλεάζαρ · Eleazar
Name meaning
help of God, court of God According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Ἐλεάζαρ

G1648
Transliteration
Eleazar
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N-M-P
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

Eleazar

Lexicon definition

Ἐλεάζαρ(Heb. אֶלְעָזָר), ὁ, indecl., Eleazar: Mat.1:15.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

אֶלְעָזָר

H0499
Transliteration
ʼElʻâzâr
Pronunciation
el-aw-zawr'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
72

Glosses

Eleazar.

Lexicon definition

Elazar, the name of seven Israelites

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Eleazar

help of God, court of God

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

ELEAZAR

the third son of Aaron, and his successor in the dignity of high priest, Exod. vi, 23. He entered into the land of Canaan with Joshua, and is supposed to have lived there upward of twenty years. The high priesthood continued in his family till the time of Eli. He was buried in a hill that belonged to the son of Phineas, Joshua xxiv. 2. ELEAZAR, the son of Aminadab, to whose care the ark was committed when it was sent back by the Philistines, 1 Samuel vii. He is thought to have been a priest, or at least a Levite, though he is not mentioned in the catalogue of the sons of Levi.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Eleazar

Indexed occurrences: 73

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All Scripture references72 references

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Eleazar

Meaning:
help of God, court of God

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Ancient Context14 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How The Hebrews Fought With The Midianites, And Overcame Them.

Antiquities Book 4, Chapter 7

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

The Polity Settled By Moses; And How He Disappeared From Among Mankind.

Antiquities Book 4, Chapter 8

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Joshua, The Commander Of The Hebrews, Made War With The Canaanites, And Overcame Them, And Destroyed Them, And Divided Their Land By Lot To The Tribes Of Israel.

Antiquities Book 5, Chapter 1

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Herein Is Declared What Befell The Sons Of Eli, The Ark, And The People And How Eli Himself Died Miserably.

Antiquities Book 5, Chapter 11

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How The Hebrews Were Delivered From A Famine When The Gibeonites Had Caused Punishment To Be Inflicted For Those Of Them That Had Been Slain: As Also, What Great Actions Were Performed Against The Philistines By David, And The Men Of Valor About Him.

Antiquities Book 7, Chapter 12

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning The Wife Of Solomon; Concerning His Wisdom And Riches; And Concerning What He Obtained Of Hiram For The Building Of The Temple.

Antiquities Book 8, Chapter 2

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Ptolemy Philadelphus Procured The Laws Of The Jews To Be Translated Into The Greek Tongue And Set Many Captives Free, And Dedicated Many Gifts To God.

Antiquities Book 12, Chapter 2

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Antiochus Made A League With Ptolemy And How Onias Provoked Ptolemy Euergetes To Anger; And How Joseph Brought All Things Right Again, And Entered Into Friendship With Him; And What Other Things Were Done By Joseph, And His Son Hyrcanus.

Antiquities Book 12, Chapter 4

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning The Death Of Antiochus Epiphane. How Antiochus Eupator Fought Against Juda And Besieged Him In The Temple And Afterwards Made Peace With Him And Departed; Of Alcimus And Onias.

Antiquities Book 12, Chapter 9

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Bacchides, The General Of Demetrius's Army, Made An Expedition Against Judea, And Returned Without Success; And How Nicanor Was Sent A Little Afterward Against Judas And Perished, Together With His Army; As Also Concerning The Death Of Alcimus And The Succession Of Judas.

Antiquities Book 12, Chapter 10

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Upon The Quarrel Between Antiochus Grypus And Antiochus Cyzicenus About The Kingdom Hyrcanus Tooksamaria, And Utterly Demolished It; And How Hyrcanus Joined Himself To The Sect Of The Sadducees, And Left That Of The Pharisees.

Antiquities Book 13, Chapter 10

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Crassus Came Into Judea, And Pillaged The Temple; And Then Marched Against The Parthians And Perished, With His Army. Also How Cassius Obtained Syria, And Put A Stop To The Parthians And Then Went Up To Judea.

Antiquities Book 14, Chapter 7

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Archelaus Upon A Second Accusation, Was Banished To Vienna.

Antiquities Book 17, Chapter 13

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning Florus The Procurator, Who Necessitated The Jews To Take Up Arms Against The Romans. The Conclusion.

Antiquities Book 20, Chapter 11

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Aaronites

The descendants of Aaron, and therefore priests. Jehoiada, the father of Benaiah, led 3,700 Aaronites as "fighting men" to the support of David at Hebron (1 Chr. 12:27). Eleazar (Num. 3:32), and at a later period Zadok (1 Chr. 27:17), was their chief.

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Ahohite

An epithet applied to Dodo, one of Solomon's captains (1 Chr. 27:4); to his son Eleazar, one of David's three mightiest heroes (2 Sam. 23:9; 1 Chr. 11:12); and to Zalmon, one of the thirty (2 Sam. 23:28; 1 Chr. 11:29), from their descent from Ahoah.

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Eleazar

help of God, court of God

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Gibeah of Phinehas

(Josh. 15:57, R.V. marg.), a city on Mount Ephraim which had been given to Phinehas (24:33 "hill," A.V.; R.V. marg. and Heb., "Gibeah."). Here Eleazar the son of Aaron was buried. It has been identified with the modern Khurbet Jibia, 5 miles north of Guphna towards Shechem.

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Zimri

Praise-worthy. (1.) A son of Salu, slain by Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, because of his wickedness in bringing a Midianitish woman into his tent (Num. 25:6-15). (2.) Murdered Elah at Tirzah, and succeeded him on the throne of Israel (1 Kings 16:8-10). He reigned only seven days, for Omri, whom the army elected as king, laid siege to Tirzah, whereupon Zimri set fire to the palace and perished amid its ruins (11-20). Omri succeeded to the throne only after four years of fierce war with Tibni, another claimant to the throne.

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