Eliezer
(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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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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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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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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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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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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(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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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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("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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