אֶלְעָזָר
Eleazar
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H499 appears in the Book of Ezra — 3 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Ezra
- Ezra 7:5 אֶלְעָזָ֔ר n Proper the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest;
- Ezra 8:33 אֶלְעָזָ֣ר n Proper On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levite;
- Ezra 10:25 וְ/אֶלְעָזָ֔ר conj + n Proper Of Israel: Of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, and Izziah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“Eleazar” is the headline sense of the Hebrew name אלעזר (ʼElʻâzâr). First canonically at Exodus 6:23, it enters the text early. It appears 69 verses across 11 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its moderately common vocabulary. More than a third of its appearances fall in Numbers. See 69-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H499 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 69
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 69 distinct verses.
- 11 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 11 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #558
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 558 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 69 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Numbers 33 verses 48%
- 1 Chronicles 14 verses 20%
- Joshua 8 verses 12%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 69 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 40 verses · 58%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 18 verses · 26%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 11 verses · 16%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Eleazar 65×, Was eleazar 3×
- American Standard Version: Eleazar 65×, Was eleazar 3×
- Berean Standard Bible: Eleazar 67×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Eleazar 71×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H499 across 72 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H499 across 72 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H499 across 72 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H499 across 72 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 6 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- a. Eleazar the priest Ex 6:23 + (50 times in Hex) Ju 20:28; 1 Ch 5:29, 30; 6:35; 9:20; 24:1, 2, 3, 4(×2), 5, 6 Ezr 7:5. e.g. Exodus 6:23
- b. son of Abinadab 1 S 7:1. e.g. 1 Samuel 7:1
- c. one of David’s heroes 2 S 23:9; 1 Ch 11:12; ins. also 1 Ch 27:4 cf. DrSm 280. e.g. 2 Samuel 23:9
- d. a Levite 1 Ch 23:21, 22; 24:28. e.g. 1 Chronicles 23:21
- e. priest of the time of Ezra Ezr 8:33 Ne 12:42. e.g. Ezra 8:33
- f. one of the line of Parosh Ezr 10:25. e.g. Ezra 10:25
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.pr.m. (God has helped, cf. אֱלִיעֶזֶר supr.)
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from אל (ʼêl) (H410) — God.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אֶלְעָזָר
- Elazar.
- 1. E. b. Poïra, counsellor of John Hyrcanus. Kidd. 66ᵃ
- 2. Several Tanaim: a) E. b. Azariah; E. b. Arakh. of the second generation; b) E. b. P’rata; E. of Modim, of the third gener.—c) E. b. Jacob; E. b. Shamua; E. b. Simon (bar Yoḥai); E. b. R. Yose the Galilean, of the fourth gener.
- 3. Several Amoraim: a) E. b. Antigonus; E. b. R. Yannai, of the second gener. Y. Ber. V, 9ᵇ bot.; a. e.—b) E. bar Abina. Ib. I, 3ᶜ bot.—c) R. Lazar or E. (in Babli E. b. P’dath) one of the most renowned Amoraim of the third gener. Erub. 65ᵇ; a. v. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 23 distinct written forms H499 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֶלְעָזָ֣ר | Noun, Proper | Ezra 8:33 | 13 |
| אֶלְעָזָ֖ר | Noun, Proper | Exodus 6:23 | 10 |
| אֶלְעָזָ֥ר | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 10:6 | 7 |
| אֶלְעָזָ֤ר | Noun, Proper | 1 Samuel 7:1 | 6 |
| אֶלְעָזָ֔ר | Noun, Proper | Ezra 7:5 | 5 |
| אֶלְעָזָר֙ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 6:4 | 4 |
| וְ/אֶלְעָזָ֧ר | Noun, Proper | Nehemiah 12:42 | 4 |
| אֶלְעָזָ֜ר | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 24:4 | 3 |
| אֶלְעָזָ֨ר | Noun, Proper | Joshua 17:4 | 3 |
| וְ/אֶלְעָזָ֖ר | Noun, Proper | Numbers 20:28 | 3 |
| אֶ֠לְעָזָר | Noun, Proper | Leviticus 10:12 | 1 |
| אֶלְעָזָ֗ר | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 9:20 | 1 |
| אֶלְעָזָ֡ר | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 24:4 | 1 |
| אֶלְעָזָ֧ר | Noun, Proper | Numbers 19:4 | 1 |
| וְ/אֶלְעָזָ֔ר | Noun, Proper | Ezra 10:25 | 1 |
| וְ/אֶלְעָזָ֣ר | Noun, Proper | Numbers 31:26 | 1 |
| וְ/אֶלְעָזָ֤ר | Noun, Proper | Numbers 31:54 | 1 |
| וְ/אֶלְעָזָ֥ר | Noun, Proper | Joshua 24:33 | 1 |
| וְ/אֶלְעָזָ֨ר | Noun, Proper | Exodus 6:25 | 1 |
| וּ/לְ/אֶלְעָזָר֩ | Noun, Proper | Leviticus 10:6 | 1 |
| לְ/אֶלְעָזָ֔ר | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 24:6 | 1 |
| לְ/אֶלְעָזָ֖ר | Noun, Proper | Numbers 31:41 | 1 |
| לְ/אֶלְעָזָ֥ר | Noun, Proper | Numbers 31:29 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H499, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- אל אלהי ישראל ʼÊl ʼĕlôhêy Yisrâʼêl H415 Elelohe-israel
- אל ביתאל ʼÊl Bêyth-ʼÊl H416 El-beth-el
- אלדד ʼEldâd H419 Eldad
- אלדעה ʼEldâʻâh H420 Eldaah
- אלוה ʼĕlôwahh H433 God
- אלזבד ʼElzâbâd H443 Elzabad
- אלחנן ʼElchânân H445 Elhanan
- אליאב ʼĔlîyʼâb H446 Eliab
- אליאל ʼĔlîyʼêl H447 Eliel
- אליאתה ʼĔlîyʼâthâh H448 Eliathah
- אלידע ʼElyâdâʻ H450 Eliada
- אליה ʼÊlîyâh H452 Elijah
- אליהו ʼĔlîyhûw H453 Elihu
- אליחבא ʼElyachbâʼ H455 Eliahba
- אליחרף ʼĔlîychôreph H456 Elihoreph
- אלימלך ʼĔlîymelek H458 Elimelech
- אליסף ʼElyâçâph H460 Eliasaph
- אליעזר ʼĔlîyʻezer H461 Eliezer
- אליעם ʼĔlîyʻâm H463 Eliam
- אליפז ʼĔlîyphaz H464 Eliphaz
- אליפל ʼĔlîyphâl H465 Eliphal
- אליפלהו ʼĔlîyphᵉlêhûw H466 Elipheleh
- אליפלט ʼĔlîypheleṭ H467 Eliphelet
- אליצור ʼĔlîytsûwr H468 Elizur
- Ελεαζαρ Eleázar G1648 Eliakim
- Λαζαρος Lázaros G2976 Lazarus
+24 more proper names from this root (not shown).
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 53 — not the complete family. 51 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Eleazar). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
God has helped. (1.) The third son of Aaron (Ex. 6:23). His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas (Ex. 6:25). After the death of Nadab and Abihu (Lev. 10:12; Num. 3:4) he was appointed to the charge of the sanctuary (Num. 3:32). On Mount Hor he was clothed with the sacred vestments, which Moses took from off his brother Aaron and put upon him as successor to his father in the high priest's office, which he held for more than twenty years (Num. 20:25-29). He took part with Moses in numbering the people (26:3, 4), and assisted at the inauguration of Joshua. He assisted in the distribution of the land after the conquest (Josh. 14:1). The high-priesthood remained in his family till the time of Eli, into whose family it passed, till it was restored to the family of Eleazar in the person of Zadok (1 Sam. 2:35; comp. 1 Kings 2:27). "And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son" (Josh. 24:33). The word here rendered "hill" is Gibeah, the name of several towns in Palestine which were generally on or near a hill. The words may be more suitably rendered, "They buried him in Gibeah of Phinehas", i.e., in the city of Phinehas, which has been identified, in accordance with Jewish and Samaritan traditions, with Kefr Ghuweirah=Awertah, about 7 miles north of Shiloh, and a few miles south-east of Nablus. "His tomb is still shown there, overshadowed by venerable terebinths." Others, however, have identified it with the village of Gaba or Gebena of Eusebius, the modern Khurbet Jibia, 5 miles north of Guphna towards Nablus.
(2.) An inhabitant of Kirjath-jearim who was "sanctified" to take charge of the ark, although not allowed to touch it, while it remained in the house of his father Abinadab (1 Sam. 7:1, 2; comp. Num. 3:31; 4:15).
(3.) The son of Dodo the Ahohite, of the tribe of Benjamin, one of the three most eminent of David's thirty-seven heroes (1 Chr. 11:12) who broke through the Philistine host and brought him water from the well of Bethlehem (2 Sam. 23:9, 16).
(4.) A son of Phinehas associated with the priests in taking charge of the sacred vessels brought back to Jerusalem after the Exile (Ezra 8:33).
(5.) A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr. 23:21, 22).
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(help of God).
+ Third son of Aaron. After the death of Nadab and Abihu without children, (Leviticus 10:6; Numbers 3:4) Eleazar was appointed chief over the principal Levites. (Numbers 3:32) With his brother Ithamar he ministered as a priest during their father's lifetime, and immediately before his death was invested on Mount Hor with the sacred garments, as the successor of Aaron in the office of high priest. (Numbers 20:28) (B.C. 1452.) One of his first duties was in conjunction with Moses to superintend the census of the people. (Numbers 26:3) After the conquest of Canaan by Joshua he took part in the distribution of the land. (Joshua 14:1) The time of his death is not mentioned in Scripture. + The son of Abinadab, of the hill of Kirjath-jearim. (1 Samuel 7:1) (B.C. 1134.) + One of the three principal mighty men of David's army. (2 Samuel 23:9; 1 Chronicles 11:12) (B.C. 1046.) + A Merarite Levite, son of Mahli and grandson of Merari. (1 Chronicles 23:21,22; 24:28) + A priest who took part in the feast of dedication under Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 12:42) (B.C. 446.) + One of the sons of Parosh, an Israelite (i.e. a layman) who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:25) + Son of Phinehas, a Levite. (Ezra 8:33) + The son of Eliud, in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 1:15)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
help of God, court of God
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 66 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 69 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Exodus 6:23
- Leviticus 10:6
- Numbers 3:2
- Deuteronomy 10:6
- Joshua 14:1
- Judges 20:28
- 1 Samuel 7:1
- 2 Samuel 23:9
- 1 Chronicles 6:3
- Ezra 7:5
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
