Eleazar

[ el-ee-ey-zer ]

noun

Origin of Eleazar

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

The will of Eleazar the Levite of Mainz is a simple document, without literary merit, but containing a clear exposition of duty.
Chapters on Jewish Literature | Israel Abrahams
Certainly there was a fitness in placing together the record of the death of Joshua and the death of Eleazar.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Joshua | William Garden Blaikie
Eleazar, for example, a man ninety years old, sternly refused to partake of the abominable food.
Bible Animals; | J. G. Wood
When these troops arrived, the party of peace took possession of the upper city; while Eleazar and the war party held the Temple.
For the Temple | G. A. Henty
All things had grown so familiar to thee,—thou wilt feel it sorely, old Eleazar.
The Robbers | Friedrich Schiller

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