An abbreviation of the name "Eleazar" which means "whom God helps"
==1. The brother of Mary and Martha of Bethany==
An abbreviation of Eleazar, whom God helps. (1.) The brother of Mary and Martha of Bethany. He was raised from the dead after he had lain four days in the tomb ([[John 11]]:1-44). This miracle so excited the wrath of the Jews that they sought to put both [[Jesus ]] and Lazarus to death.
(==2.) A beggar named in the parable == The parable of the rich man, and the beggar Lazarus is recorded in [[Luke 16]]:19-31.{{returnto}} [[Easton's Bible Dictionary]] | [[Lazarus]]