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Eliezer

For the mathematician and Tamil activist see C.J. Eliezer
Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer

Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, AM , known as C.J. Eliezer, was a Sri Lanka-born Australian academic of Sri Lankan Tamil origin who held positions in mathematician faculties in universities in Colombo, Kuala Lumpur, and Melbourne, Australia....
; also look at Eleazar
Eleazar

Eleazar , was a son of Aaron, a Levite Kohen and Kohen Gadol. His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas. After the death of Nadab and Abihu, he was appointed to the charge of the sanctuary....

Eliezer (Hebrew

Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
: ??????????, Standard

Hebrew language

Tiberian vocalization

Tiberian Hebrew is an extinct but very well documented oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient Hebrew language, especially the Hebrew of the Tanakh, that was given written form by Masoretes scholars in the Jewish community at Tiberias, in the early Middle Ages, beginning in the 8th century....
; "Help/Court of my God

Elohim

Elohim is a Hebrew language word which expresses concepts of divinity. It is apparently related to the Hebrew word El , though morphology it consists of the Hebrew word Eloah with a plural suffix....
") was the name of at least three different characters in the Bible.

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Both Gershom
Gershom

According to the Bible, Gershom was the firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah. The name appears to mean a sojourner there , which the text argues was a reference to Moses' flight from Egypt; biblical criticism regard the name as being essentially the same as Gershon, and it is Gershom rather than Gershon who is sometimes li...
and Eliezer were born during the time Moses had fled from Egypt and had taken refuge in Midian

Midian

Midian was a land bordered by the Arabah between Moab and Elat and by the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. Its East had no borders.In Bible history, Midian was where Moses spent the 40 years between the time that he fled Egypt after killing an Egyptian who had been beating an Israelite, and his return for leading the Israelites....
and had married Jethro

Jethro

In the Hebrew Bible, Jethro is Moses' father-in-law, a Kenite shepherd and priest of El Shaddai. In Islam, Jethro is identified with Shoaib , one of the prophets in the Qur'an....
's daughter Zipporah

Zipporah

Zipporah or Tzipora , mentioned in the Exodus, was the wife of Moses, and the daughter of Jethro , a princess and priest of Midian....
.

of the patriarch Abraham

Abraham

Abraham is a man featured in the Book of Genesis and an important figure in several monotheistic religions. Judaism, Christianity and Islam traditions regard him as the founding Patriarchs of the Israelites, Ishmaelites and Edomite peoples....
's household mentioned in the book of Genesis

Genesis

Genesis or Breishit is the first book of the Bible used by Judaism and Christianity, and the first of five books of the Pentateuch or Torah....
(15:2):

"Abram said, 'O Lord, God, what will you give me if I remain childless? The heir to my household will be Eliezer (of) Damascus."

According to most opinions the nameless servant in Genesis 24, who searched for a bride

Arranged marriage

Arranged marriage is a marriage arranged by someone other than the couple getting wedded, curtailing or avoiding the process of courtship. Such marriages had deep roots in royal and aristocratic families around the world, including Europe....
for Isaac

Isaac

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Eliezer (Hebrew

Hebrew language

Tiberian vocalization

Elohim

The son of Moses

Eliezer was Moses

Moses

Moses is a Hebrew Bible Hebrews religious leader, lawgiver, prophet, to whom the Mosaic authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. Also called Moshe Rabbeinu in Hebrew , he is the most important prophet in Judaism, and also an important prophet of Christianity, Islam, the Bah?'? Faith, Rastafari movement, Chrislam and many ot...
and Zipporah

Zipporah

Zipporah or Tzipora , mentioned in the Exodus, was the wife of Moses, and the daughter of Jethro , a princess and priest of Midian....
's second son. His name means "God is help" in Hebrew

Hebrew language

Exodus

Exodus is the second book of the Jewish Torah and of the Christian Old Testament. It tells how Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and through the wilderness to the Mountain of God Sinai....
(18:4) states:

"The name of the (other son) son was Eliezer, because 'My father's God (Eli) was my helper (ezer), rescuing me from Pharaoh

Pharaoh

Pharaoh is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Egyptian rulers of all periods. In antiquity this title began to be used for the ruler who was the religious and political leader of united ancient Egypt, only during the New Kingdom, specifically, during the middle of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt....
's sword."

Both Gershom
Gershom

According to the Bible, Gershom was the firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah. The name appears to mean a sojourner there , which the text argues was a reference to Moses' flight from Egypt; biblical criticism regard the name as being essentially the same as Gershon, and it is Gershom rather than Gershon who is sometimes li...
and Eliezer were born during the time Moses had fled from Egypt and had taken refuge in Midian

Midian

Jethro

Zipporah

Zipporah or Tzipora , mentioned in the Exodus, was the wife of Moses, and the daughter of Jethro , a princess and priest of Midian....
.

Eliezer of Damascus

There is also an Eliezer known as Eliezer of Damascus
Damascus

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000....
(Hebrew

Hebrew language

Tiberian vocalization

Abraham

Genesis

Genesis or Breishit is the first book of the Bible used by Judaism and Christianity, and the first of five books of the Pentateuch or Torah....
(15:2):

"Abram said, 'O Lord, God, what will you give me if I remain childless? The heir to my household will be Eliezer (of) Damascus."

According to most opinions the nameless servant in Genesis 24, who searched for a bride

Arranged marriage

Isaac

According to the Hebrew Bible, Isaac The New Testament contains few references to Isaac. The Early Christianity views Abraham's willingness to follow God's command to Binding of Isaac as an example of faith and obedience....
, was this Eliezer. There is also an interpretation, cited for example by Rashi, that Eliezer went alone with Abraham to rescue Lot, with the reference to 318 men (Genesis 14:14) being the numerical value of Eliezer's name in Hebrew.

Eliezer, prophet

A prophet called Eliezer, son of Dodavah, rebuked King Jehosophat for aligning himself with Ahaziah the King of Israel. He and Ahaziah built ships in Ezion Geber which were to sail to Tarshish

Tarshish

Tarshish occurs in the Hebrew Bible with these meanings:*One of the sons of Javan .*The name of a remote place across the sea which first comes into notice in the days of Solomon ....
for trade. According to 2 Chronicles (20:37), the ships sank due to his not relying on the Lord:

"Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, "Because you have made an alliance with Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy what you have made." The ships were wrecked and were not able to set sail to trade.

Trivia

Eliezer is the name of the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which supports the activities of The Chai Society at Yale University

Yale University

Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School, Yale is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher education in the United States and is a member of the Ivy League....
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