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title: אֶלְעָזָר — Eleazar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶלְעָזָר (499), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 72 times: Eleazar. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶלְעָזָר

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«אֶלְעָזָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Eleazar** — 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:** 72 times · **Key:** 499 · **BDB:** אֶלְעָזָר

### Glosses

Eleazar (57); of.Eleazar (13); \[was\].Eleazar (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Eleazar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/499/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/499/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (God has helped, cf. אֱלִיעֶזֶר supr.) 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. son of Abinadab 1 S 7:1. one of David’s heroes 2 S 23:9; 1 Ch 11:12; ins. also 1 Ch 27:4 cf. DrSm 280. a Levite 1 Ch 23:21, 22; 24:28. priest of the time of Ezra Ezr 8:33 Ne 12:42. one of the line of Parosh Ezr 10:25.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶלְעָזָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/499/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 5:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.5.30/)

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אֶלְעָזָר֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־פִּֽינְחָ֔ס פִּֽינְחָ֖ס הֹלִ֥יד אֶת־אֲבִישֽׁוּעַ׃

*Word for word:* Eleazar he.fathered (et) Phinehas Phinehas he.fathered (et) Abishua

*JPS 1917:* Eleazar begot Phinehas, Phinehas begot Abishua;

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[1 Chronicles 24:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.24.28/)

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לְמַחְלִי֙ אֶלְעָזָ֔ר וְלֹא־הָ֥יָה ל֖וֹ בָּנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* of.\[the\] Mahlite\[s\] Eleazar and not it.belonged to him sons

*JPS 1917:* Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.

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