Eliezer

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Elieser (Hebrew אֱלִיעֶזֶר, to clarify the pronunciation also Eliëser or Eliéser ) is a Hebrew male given name.

Meaning and variants

The name means 'my God is help'.

Name bearer

Biblical persons:

  • Eliezer , son of Moses and Zippora ( Ex 18.4  EU ; 1 Chr 23.15–17  EU )
  • Eliezer of Damascus , Abraham's house slave ( Gen 15.2  EU )
  • Eliezer , prophet and son of Dodawas from Marescha ( 2 Chr 20.37  EU )
  • Eliezer (Levit) , Jewish returnees from Babylon, who had to cast his foreign wife at the behest of Ezra ( Ezra 10.23  EU )

Jewish scholars:

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See also

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