Ἐλιέζερ(Heb. G1663
Eliezer; Hebrew name meaning 'God is my help,' an ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy
This is the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew name Eliezer, meaning "God is my help." In Luke 3:29, Eliezer appears in the genealogy of Jesus, one of the ancestors between David and Jesus. The name itself is a confession of faith, reflecting the ancient Israelite practice of embedding theological truths in personal names. Several Old Testament figures bore this name, most famously Abraham's servant, but Luke refers to an otherwise unknown ancestor of Christ.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Eliezer, an ancestor of Jesus listed in Luke 3:29. The name means "God is my help" in Hebrew, a theologically rich designation common in ancient Israel. Luke's inclusion of this name, along with many others unfamiliar from the Old Testament, underscores Jesus' full humanity and His rootedness in Israel's history—even the obscure generations between David and the exile matter in God's redemptive plan. 1×
AR["أَلِيعَازَرَ"]·ben["ইলীয়েজরের"]·DE["Ἐλιέζερ"]·EN["Eliezer"]·FR["Éliézer"]·heb["אֱלִיעֶזֶר"]·HI["इलीएजर"]·ID["Eliezer"]·IT["eliezer"]·jav["Elièzer,"]·KO["엘리에센-의"]·PT["Eliézer"]·RU["Елиезеров"]·ES["Eliézer"]·SW["Eliézer"]·TR["Eliezer"]·urd["الیعزر-کا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Ἐλιέζερ(Heb. אֱלִיעֶזֶר), ὁ, indecl., Eliezer, an ancestor of Jesus: Luk.3:29.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)