Bible Names

Eleazar: meaning of the name

Eleazar means “help of God, court of God.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Eleazar in Hebrew and Greek

אֶלְעָזָר H499

ʼElʻâzâr (el-aw-zawr') — Elazar, the name of seven Israelites

from H410 (אֵל) and H5826 (עָזַר); God (is) helper;

Ἐλεάζαρ G1648

Eleázar — Eleazar, an Israelite

of Hebrew origin (H0499);

People named Eleazar in the Bible

Eleazar in Scripture

“Eleazar” appears in 71 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Exodus 6:23

    And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

  • Exodus 6:25

    And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

  • Exodus 28:1

    And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

  • Leviticus 10:6

    And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled.

  • Leviticus 10:12

    And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:

  • Leviticus 10:16

    And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying,

  • Numbers 3:2

    And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

  • Numbers 3:4

    And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.