Lazarus
Lazarus of Bethany, a man raised from the dead by Jesus Christ and later in…Lazarus of Bethany, a man raised from the dead by Jesus Christ and later in Christianity revered as a saint.
» Jesus resurrected Lazarus.
Иисус воскресил Лазаря.
Meaning
4 sensesLazarus of Bethany, a man raised from the dead by Jesus Christ and later in Christianity revered as a saint.
Lazarus
Ла́зарьLázarʹ
A beggar in a parable by Jesus Christ, traditionally (Christianity) thought to have been a leper and often conflated with Lazarus of Bethany.
(rare)A male given name from Hebrew.
Ла́зарьLázarʹ
(rare)A surname from Hebrew.
Examples
2 sentencesJesus resurrected Lazarus.
ruИисус воскресил Лазаря.
Lazarus Zamenhof is Polish.
ruЛазарь Заменгоф — поляк.
deLazarus Zamenhof ist Pole.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Late Latin Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of BiblicalFrom Late Latin Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of Biblical figures mentioned in Luke 16 and John 12, from Biblical Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר ('El'azár), a given name shared by various people in the Hebrew Bible and literally meaning "God has helped". Doublet of Eleazar.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source