Meaning & History
Hebrew word meaning "to help" [1] .
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Given Name DescendantsUzair, Uzayr (Arabic) Ghazar (Armenian) Azareel, Azarel, Azariah, Azriel, Eleazar, Eliezer, Ezer, Ezra, Lazarus, Esdras (Biblical) Azarias (Biblical French) Azarias, Eleazar, Eliezer, Esdras, Lazaros (Biblical Greek) Azarel, 'Azarya, 'Azri'el, 'El'azar, 'Eli'ezer, Ezer, 'Ezra (Biblical Hebrew) Azareel, Azarias, Azrahel, Eleazar, Eliezer, Ezras, Lazarus (Biblical Latin) Lazar (Bulgarian) Lazar (Croatian) Azaria, Ebenezer, Ezra, Ezrah (English) Lazarus (English (African)) Lazare (French) Lazaros (Greek) Azaria, Elazar, Eliezer, Ezra (Hebrew) Lázár (Hungarian) Lazzaro (Italian) Azrael, Izrail (Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend) Ebenezer (Literature) Lazar (Macedonian) Lázaro (Portuguese) Uzayr (Quranic) Lazăr (Romanian) Lazar (Russian) Lazar (Serbian) Lázaro (Spanish) Uzair (Urdu) Lazer (Yiddish)
Surname DescendantsGhazaryan (Armenian) Lazarov, Lazarova (Bulgarian) Lázár (Hungarian) Lazzari (Italian) Ezra (Jewish) Lazarov, Lazarova (Macedonian) Lázaro (Portuguese) Lazăr (Romanian) Lazarev, Lazareva (Russian) Lazarević, Lazić (Serbian) Lázaro (Spanish)
Place Name DescendantsEbenezer (Biblical) 'Even Ha'azer (Biblical Hebrew)
Same Spellingāz̄ar
Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h5826, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h5826.
Entry updated May 26, 2026