Dictionaries :: Eliezer

Eliezer:

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 Benjamin (1Ch 7:8).

(3.) One of the two sons of Moses, born during his sojourn in Midian (Exd 18:4; 1Ch 23:15,17). He remained with his mother and brother Gershom with Jethro when Moses returned to Egypt. (Exd 18:4). They were restored to Moses when Jethro heard of his departure out of Egypt.

(4.) One of the priests who blew the trumpet before the ark when it was brought to Jerusalem (1Ch 15:24).

(5.) Son of Zichri, and chief of the Reubenites under David (1Ch 27:16).

(6.) A prophet in the time of Jehoshaphat (2Ch 20:37). Others of this name are mentioned Luk 3:29; Ezr 8:16; 10:18, 23, 31.

Eliezer:

help, or court, of my God

Eliezer:

el-i-e'-zer, e-li-e'-zer ('eli‘ezer; Eliezer, "God is help"):

(1) The chief servant of Abram (Ge 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 unlikely meaning is that his property would become the possession of Damascus, the city of Eliezer. Targum Syriac (Revised Version margin) read "Eliezer the Damascene": this supposes a reading, "Eliezer ha- dammasqi" or "mid-dammeseq." The text may be corrupt: the assonance between mesheq and Dammeseq is suspicious. Abram calls Eliezer "one born in my house" i.e. a dependant, a member of his household, and so regards him as his heir, Lot having gone from him (Ge 13). Eliezer is probably the servant, "the eider of his house, that ruled over all that he had," of Ge 24.

(2) The 2nd son of Moses and Zipporah, called thus for "the God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh" (Ex 18:4; 1Ch 23:15 ff).

(3) A son of Becher, one of the sons of Benjamin (1Ch 7:8).

(4) A priest who assisted in bringing up the ark from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem (1Ch 15:24).

(5) The son of Zichri, ruler over the Reubenites in the time of David (1Ch 27:16).

(6) The son of Dodavahu of Mareshah who prophesied the destruction of the ships which Jehochaphat, king of Judah, built, because he had done so in cooperation with Ahaziah, king of Israel (2Ch 20:35 ff).

(7) One of the messengers whom Ezra sent to Iddo, the chief at Casiphia, with the request for ministers for the Temple (Ezr 8:16 ff).

(8, 9, 10) A priest, a Levite, and one of the sons of Harim who had married non-Israelitish women (Ezr 10:18,23,31).

(11) An ancestor of Jesus in the genealogy given by Luke (Lu 3:29).

Written by S. F. Hunter

Eliezer: 1. Abraham's Servant

Gen 15:2; 24

Eliezer: 2. Son of Becher

1Ch 7:8

Eliezer: 3. Son of Moses

Exd 18:4; 1Ch 23:15, 17

Eliezer: 4. A Priest

1Ch 15:24

Eliezer: 5. Son of Zichri

1Ch 27:16

Eliezer: 6. A Prophet

2Ch 20:37

Eliezer: 7. Son of Jorim

Luk 3:29

Eliezer: 8. A Jewish Exile

Ezr 8:16

Eliezer: 9. A Priest after the Exile

Ezr 10:18

Eliezer: 10. A Levite

Ezr 10:23

Eliezer: 11. An Israelite after the Exile

Ezr 10:31