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title: אֱלִיעֶזֶר — Eliezer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֱלִיעֶזֶר (461), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: Eliezer. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֱלִיעֶזֶר

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«אֱלִיעֶזֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Eliezer** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 14 times · **Key:** 461 · **BDB:** אֱלִיעֶ֫זֶר

### Glosses

Eliezer (12); \[was\].Eliezer (1); of.Eliezer (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Eliezer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/461/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/461/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (־עֶ֑זרֶ Gn 15:2 +) n.pr.m. (God is help, cf. Ex 18:4; v. also אֶלְעָזָר infr., עֲזַרְאֵל, Ph. אשמנעזר, בעלעזר, עזרבעל) Abraham’s steward (אֱלִיעֶ֑זֶר), a Damascene Gn 15:2. a son of Moses Ex 18:4 1 Ch 23:15, 17(×2). Benjamite 1 Ch 7:8. several priests 1 Ch 15:24 1 Ch 26:25 Ezr 10:18. Reubenite 1 Ch 27:16. prophet in time of Jehoshaphat 2 Ch 20:37. Levite chief Ezr 8:16; 10:23. son of Harim Ezr. 10:31.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֱלִיעֶזֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/461/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 23:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.23.15/)

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בְּנֵ֣י מֹשֶׁ֔ה גֵּרְשֹׁ֖ם וֶאֱלִיעֶֽזֶר׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Moses \[were\].Gershom and Eliezer

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Moses: Gershom, and Eliezer.

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[Ezra 10:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.31/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י חָרִ֑ם אֱלִיעֶ֧זֶר יִשִּׁיָּ֛ה מַלְכִּיָּ֖ה שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה שִׁמְעֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Harim Eliezer Isshiah Malkijah Shemaiah Simeon

*JPS 1917:* And of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon;

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