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Eliezer in Wikipedia

(Hebrew: אֱלִיעֶזֶר, Modern Eliʿézer Tiberian ʾĔlîʿézer, "Help/Court of my God") was the name of at least three different individuals in the Bible. Eliezer was Moses and Zipporah's second son. His name means "God is help" in Hebrew. The verse in the Book of Exodus (18:4) states: " The name of the (other) son was Eliezer, because 'My father's Go...

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Eliezer Scripture - 2 Chronicles 20:37

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish....

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Eliezer Scripture - 1 Chronicles 7:8

And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these [are] the sons of Becher....

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Eliezer Scripture - Ezra 8:16

Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding....

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Eliezer in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

el-i-e'-zer, e-li-e'-zer ('eli`ezer; Eliezer, "God is help"): (1) The chief servant of Abram (Gen 15:2); the American Standard Revised Version "Eliezer of Damascus," the English Revised Version "Dammesek Eliezer." The Hebrew is peculiar: literally, "And the son of the possession (mesheq) of my house is Dammeseq (of) Eliezer." A possible but un...

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Eliezer in Naves Topical Bible

1. Abraham's servant Ge 15:2; 24 -2. Son of Becher 1Ch 7:8 -3. Son of Moses Ex 18:4; 1Ch 23:15,17 -4. A priest 1Ch 15:24 -5. Son of Zichri 1Ch 27:16 -6. A prophet 2Ch 20:37 -7. Son of Jorim Lu 3:29 -8. A Jewish exile Ezr 8:16 -9. A priest after the exile Ezr 10:18 -10. A Levite Ezr 10:23 -11. An Israelite after the exile Ezr 10...

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Eliezer in Hitchcock's Bible Names

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Eliezar in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(God is his help). 1. Abraham's chief servant, called by him "Eliezer of Damascus." Ge 15:2 (B.C. 1857.) 2. Second son of Moses and Zipporah (B.c. 1523), to whom his father gave this name because "the God of my father was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh." Ex 18:4; 1Ch 23:15,17; 26:25 3. One of the sons of Becher, the so...

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Eliezer in Easton's Bible Dictionary

God his help. (1.) "Of Damascus," the "steward" (R.V., "possessor") of Abraham's house (Gen. 15:2, 3). It was probably he who headed the embassy sent by Abraham to the old home of his family in Padan-aram to seek a wife for his son Isaac. The account of this embassy is given at length in Gen. 24. (2.) The son of Becher, and grandson of Ben...

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Eliezer in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("my God a help".) 1. Genesis 15:2, "the steward of Abram's house, E. of Damascus," literally, "the son of the business," or possession (i.e. heir) of my house. Entering Canaan by Damascus, Abram took thence his chief retainer, and adopted him in the absence of a son and heir. He was not "born in Abram's house" as Genesis 15:3 of KJV represe...

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