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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #2976 - Λάζαρος

Transliteration

Lázaros

Phonetics

lad'-zar-os

Origin

probably of Hebrew origin (H499)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's
Lazarus = "whom God helps" (a form of the Hebrew name Eleazar)

an inhabitant of Bethany, beloved by Christ and raised from the dead by him
a very poor and wretched person to whom Jesus referred to in Luke 16:20-25

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (15)

Luke

John

NAS (15)

Luke

John

HCS (13)

Luke

John

BSB (15)

Luke

John

ESV (13)

Luke

John

WEB (15)

Luke

John

Verse Results

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Λάζαρος , -ου , ὁ ,

colloquial abbreviation of Ἐλεαζάρ (άζαρος ), q.v.),

Lazarus;

1. of Bethany: John 11:1 ff. John 12:1-2; John 12:9-10; John 12:17.

2. The beggar in the parable: Luke 16:20; Luke 16:23-25.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Λάζαρος is a contracted form of Ἐλεάζαρος : see s.v. Ἐλεάζαρ, and cf. Wetstein ad Luke 16:20. The name survives in MGr : Thumb (Handbook, pp. 239–41) gives a Popular Tale of a cobbler called Lazarus—ὁ κὺρ Λάζαρος κ᾽ οἱ δράκοι.

List of Word Forms

Λαζαρε Λάζαρε Λαζαρον Λάζαρον Λαζαρος Λάζαρος Lazare Lázare Lazaron Lázaron Lazaros Lázaros

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