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Eleazar

American  
[el-ee-ey-zer] / ˌɛl iˈeɪ zər /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) a son of Aaron and his successor in the priesthood.


Etymology

Origin of Eleazar

From Greek Eleázar, from Hebrew Elʿāzār “God has helped”

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"When we disrupted the plant's autophagy, there was waste everywhere, and we were able to detect the ARF7 protein among the waste," says Eleazar Rodriguez.

From Science Daily May 15, 2024

Eleazar Castellanos, who trains workers on dealing with extreme heat at Arriba Las Vegas, a nonprofit supporting migrant and low-wage employees, said he experienced two types of employers during his 20 years of working construction.

From Washington Times Aug. 28, 2023

Occom had traveled to Europe to fundraise money for the preacher Eleazar Wheelock’s school for Native students.

From Seattle Times Apr. 4, 2022

The show, which features The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger's first TV theme song, also stars Kristen Scott Thomas, Olivia Cooke and Rosalind Eleazar among its ensemble cast.

From Reuters Mar. 31, 2022

It happened quickly: Eleazar, just twenty years old, had recently graduated from Union College and returned to the family estate forty miles northwest of Albany, planning to study law under his father.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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