Eliezer the Prophet
Eliezer the Prophet (אֱלִיעֶזֶר, eli'ezer). A prophet who prophesied against Jehoshaphat for cooperating with Ahaziah (2 Chr 20:37). The prophecy foretold of the shipwreck of Jehoshaphat’s fleet.
Eliezer (prophet)
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A prophet who prophesied against Jehoshaphat for cooperating with Ahaziah (2 Chr 20:37). The prophecy foretold of the shipwreck of Jehoshaphat’s fleet.
Eliezer (Person)
ELIEZER (PERSON) [Heb ʾelı̂ʿezer (אֶלִיעֶזֶר)]. Var. ELEAZAR. Name of eleven biblical individuals. The name is composed of the elements ʾēlı̂, “my god,” and ʿēzer, “aid” or “strength,” which accordingly means “My god is aid/strength.” The latter element appears in many other biblical and Near Eastern
Eliezer
Eliezer. 1. Native of Damascus and Abraham’s servant, who according to custom was the adopted heir before Ishmael and Isaac were born (Gn 15:2).2. Moses and Zipporah’s second son (Ex 18:4; 1 Chr 23:15, 17).3. Benjamite and Becher’s son (1 Chr 7:8).4. One of the seven priests who blew a trumpet before
Eliezer (prophet)
6. The son of Dodavahu of Mareshah who prophesied the destruction of the ships which Jehoshaphat king of Judah built, because he had done so in cooperation with Ahaziah king of Israel (2 Ch. 20:35ff.).
Eliezer
ELIEZER1. Native of Damascus and Abraham’s servant, who according to custom was the adopted heir before Ishmael and Isaac were born (Gn 15:2).2. Moses and Zipporah’s second son (Ex 18:4; 1 Chr 23:15–17).3. Benjamite and Becher’s son (1 Chr 7:8).4. One of the seven priests who blew a trumpet before
Eliezer
Eliezer (el´ee-ee´zuhr; Heb., “El [God] is help”).1 Abraham’s servant, who would have been his heir in place of a son (Gen. 15:2). Presumably, it is Eliezer who finds a wife for Isaac in Gen. 24.2 Moses’s second son, the founder of a levitical family (Exod. 18:4; 1 Chron. 23:15–17; 26:25).3 The son
Eliezer
ELIEZER. A name not to be confused with Eleazar.1. Eliezer of Damascus (Gen 15:2), a servant and heir of Abram’s house. The custom of childless couples adopting a son who would serve them as long as they lived, then at their death would inherit their property, has long been known from the Nuzi texts
Eliezer
ELIEZER (Heb. ’elî‘ezer, ‘God is [my?] help’). A name scattered right through biblical history.1. Eliezer the Damascene, Abraham’s chief servant, and his adopted heir before the birth of Ishmael and Isaac (Gn. 15:2–3). The custom whereby a childless couple could adopt someone from outside as an heir
Eliezer
Eliezer (Heb. ʾĕlɩ̂ʿezer) (also ELEAZAR)1. The oldest and most trusted of Abraham’s servants (Gen. 15:2–3). Ancient Near Eastern texts contain references to the practice of adopting servants as heirs in the case of childlessness, and the story of Abraham here reflects such influences. Later, Eliezer
Eliezer
ELIEZER (Hebrew, “my God is strength”) The name of five men in the Old Testament.1. Abraham’s servant from Damascus (Gen 15:2). He journeyed to Mesopotamia in search of a wife for Isaac (Gen 24). He was also Abraham’s heir in the event that the patriarch should die childless (Gen 15:2).2. The second
