Eleazar (or Elazar), (אֶלְעָזָר "[My] God has helped", Standard Hebrew Elʿazar, Tiberian Hebrew ʾElʿāzār) refers to a number of persons in the Hebrew Bible and in Jewish history: Elohim (אלהים) is a Hebrew word related to deity, but whose exact significance is often disputed. ... The Modern Hebrew language is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family. ... Tiberian Hebrew is an oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient forms of Hebrew, especially the Hebrew of the Bible, that was given written form by masoretic scholars in the Jewish community at Tiberias in the early middle ages, beginning in the 8th century. ... 11th century manuscript of the Hebrew Bible with Targum This article discusses usage of the term Hebrew Bible. For the article on the Hebrew Bible itself, see Tanakh. ... Jewish history is the history of the Jewish people, faith (Judaism) and culture. ...

• A son of Aaron, and a Levite priest. His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas. After the death of Nadab and Abihu, (Lev. 10:12; Num. 3:4) he was appointed to the charge of the sanctuary. He fulfilled a number of functions over the course of the Wilderness wanderings, from creating the plating to the altar out of the firepans of Korah's assembly (Numbers, chap. 17) to performing the ritual of the red heifer (Numbers, chap. 19). On Mount Hor he was clothed with the sacred vestments, which Moses took from off his father Aaron and put upon him as successor to his father in the high priest's office, which he held for more than twenty years. (Num. 20:25-29) He took part with Moses in numbering the people, (26:3, 4) and assisted at the inauguration of Joshua. He assisted in the distribution of the land after the conquest. (Josh. 14:1) When he died, "they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son." (Josh. 24:33). The high-priesthood remained in his family till the time of Eli, into whose family it passed, till it was restored to the family of Eleazar in the person of Zadok. (1 Sam. 2:35; comp. 1 Kings 2:27)

• An inhabitant of Kirjath-jearim who was "sanctified" to take charge of the ark, while it remained in the house of his father Abinadab. (1 Sam. 7:1, 2; comp. Num. 3:31; 4:15)

• The son of Dodo the Ahohite, of the tribe of Benjamin, one of the three most eminent of David's thirty-seven heroes, (1 Chr. 11:12) who broke through the Philistine host and brought him water from the well of Bethlehem. (2 Sam. 23:9, 16)

• A son of Phinehas associated with the priests in taking charge of the sacred vessels brought back to Jerusalem after the Babylonian Exile. (Ezra 8:33)

• A Levite of the family of Merari. (1 Chr. 23:21, 22)

• A son of Mattathias and the younger brother of Judas Maccabeus. He was killed at the Battle of Beth-zechariah during the Maccabean revolt. (1 Macc. 6:43-46)

• Eleazar ben Azaria was the Nasi for a short time, when Raban Gamliel was removed from his position. According to the lore, he was eighteen when he was appointed.

• "Eleazar" was also the name of one of the leaders of Jewish resistance against the Roman conquest, Eleazar ben Simon (see Siege of Jerusalem) in AD 70, as well as the leader of the Jewish resistance at Masada in AD 73, Eleazar ben Ya'ir. Whether or not these two are the same person is unclear.

• "Eleazar" was the name assumed by Bishop Bodo who converted to Judaism in the 9th century.

• "Elazar" is the name of a small town in Gush Etzion, Israel. It is located several miles outside Jerusalem.

Aaron (אַהֲרֹן;, a word meaning bearer of martyrs in Hebrew (perhaps also, or instead, related to the Egyptian Aha Rw, Warrior Lion), Standard Hebrew Aharon, Tiberian Hebrew ʾAhărōn), was a Levite and the elder brother of Moses and the eldest son of Amram and Jochebed (Exodus 6:16 ff. ... In the Jewish tradition, a Levite (לוי Attached, Standard Hebrew Levi, Tiberian Hebrew Lēwî) is a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi. ... The position of a Kohens hands when he raises them to bless a Jewish congregation A Kohen (or Cohen, Hebrew priest, pl. ... Phinehas or Pinhas - פִּינְחָס, Standard Hebrew Pinəḥas, Tiberian Hebrew Pînəħās is a name shared by two characters in the Hebrew Bible. ... Moses or Moshe (מֹשֶׁה, Standard Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew , Arabic موسى , Ethiopic ሙሴ Musse, Latin ), son of Amram (Imran in Arabic) and his wife, Jochebed, a Levite. ... Eli may refer to: Eli (אלי) (IPA: ) is a variant on the name of God (see El (god)) as spoken in Hebrew and Aramaic. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Kiriath-Jearim - city of woods - was a city in ancient Israel. ... This entry incorporates text from Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation. ... The Tribe of Benjamin (בִּנְיָמִין Son of my right hand but in some Rabbinical Judaism traditions Son of the south, Standard Hebrew Binyamin, Tiberian Hebrew Binyāmîn) is one of the Hebrew tribes, founded by Benjamin, son of Jacob. ... Michelangelos David. ... The historic Philistines (see note Philistines below) were a people that inhabited the southern coast of Canaan around the time of the arrival of the Israelites, their territory being named Philistia in later contexts. ... The Church of the Nativity, a Bethlehem Landmark Bethlehem (Arabic بيت لحم â–¶(?) house of meat; Standard Hebrew בית לחם house of bread, Bet léḥem / Bet láḥem; Tiberian Hebrew Bêṯ léḥem / Bêṯ lāḥem) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank and a hub of Palestinian cultural and tourism industries. ... Phinehas or Pinhas - פִּינְחָס, Standard Hebrew Pinəḥas, Tiberian Hebrew Pînəħās is a name shared by two characters in the Hebrew Bible. ... Jerusalem and the Old City. ... The Babylonian captivity, or Babylonian exile, is the name generally given to the deportation and exile of the Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. ... Merari sad; bitter in Hebrew. ... Judas Maccabeus (or Judah the Maccabee from the Hebrew יהודה המכבי transliteration: Yehudah HaMakabi) was the third son of the Jewish priest Mattathias. ... Hanukkah coin depicting Eleazar Horan The Battle of Beth-zechariah was fought between Jewish and Syrian forces during the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucid Empire. ... A Hebrew term meaning, roughly, Prince. In classical times, Nasi was the title given to the head of the Sanhedrin. ... The 70 AD siege of Jerusalem was a Roman response to the Great Jewish Revolt, in which Jewish Zealots rose up against their Roman occupiers, attacking patrols, and eventually occupying the Temple, as well as the abandoned Roman forts of Masada and Herodion. ... This article is about the Judean fortress. ... For other uses, see number 73. ... Bodo (823-876) was the palace deacon and confessor to Louis the Pious. ...

See also

• Lazarus