

Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information.They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history.The first name includes particles, but not middle names That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. The name has more characters in the Bible. First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. This name derives from the Hebrew elzr > elazar, meaning God has helped.( Ecclesiastical ) IPA ( key): /ladˈd͡za.( Classical ) IPA ( key): /laːzˈzaː.rus/,.( African-American Vernacular ) To raise from the dead.īorrowed from Ancient Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος ( Lā́zāros ), from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר ( El'azár ).( African-American Vernacular ) To rescue a dying person.Lazarus ( third-person singular simple present Lazaruses, present participle Lazarusing, simple past and past participle Lazarused) 2008, Charles McCollough, The Art of Parables, page 126,ĭo we respond to the poor Lazaruses in our midst with charity (scraps from our table), or do we seek to change the economic conditions that set up these extremes of rich and poor?.These are the Lazaruses who lie prostrate at the gates of our cities and neighborhoods, and these are the needs that affluent Americans have conditioned themselves not to see because reaching out in any significant way would be far too costly. Greek Baby Names Meaning: In Greek Baby Names the meaning of the name Lazarus is: God is. Plunkett, This We Believe: Eight Truths Presbyterians Affirm, page 109, Meanings Biblical Names Meaning: In Biblical Names the meaning of the name Lazarus is: Assistance of God. 1706, George Fox, Gospel Truth Demonstrated, in a Collection of Doctrinal Books, Volume 2, 1831, page 273,Īnd do you not think, that all these poor Lazaruses, that you have persecuted, and do persecute, that when they die, they will not be carried into Abraham's bosom?.2010, Ippolito Desideri, Michael J Sweet (translator), Mission to Tibet: The Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Account of Father Ippolito Desideri, page 598,įinally, in whatever state or condition of life the faithful may find themselves, even if they cannot, like the apostles, assist the Lazaruses to rise from their tombs.Those who hear the voice of the Son of man and live, are so many Lazaruses called to the life divine. 1870, Edmond de Pressensé, Annie Harwood Holmden (translator), The Early Years of the Christian Church, Book 3: First Century, page 462,.

This was the classic age of all the various exhumations, restorations, and resurrections it was a retrospective time - a time of ghosts and Lazaruses, more or less decomposed. 1855, The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 105, page 302,.A person who was dead and has been resurrected a dead person who could potentially be resurrected perhaps used metaphorically or hypothetically.The name is Latinized from the Greek Lazaros, which is of the Aramaic Lazar, a short form of the Hebrew. Older forms of Lazarus include Eleazar (Hebrew), Eliezer (Hebrew), Lazar (Aramaic), Lazaros (Old Greek), and Lazarus (Latin). There are two men named Lazarus mentioned in the New Testament the most famous is Lazarus of Bethany, whom Jesus raised from the dead after having been dead. The name Lazarus is a Latinate version of Greek Lazaros, an aphetic short form of Hebrew Eleazar. Armenian: Ղազարոս ( Łazaros ), Ղազար ( Łazar ) It is a biblical name derived from el meaning God, powerful azar to help. The name Lazarus is a boy’s name meaning God is my help and is of Scottish origin.
