English Explanatory Dictionary

Lazarus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Lazarus of Bethany, a man raised from the dead by Jesus Christ and later Christianity revered as a saint.
  2. A beggar in a parable by Jesus Christ, traditionally (Christianity) thought to have been a leper and often conflated with Lazarus of Bethany.
  3. A male given name from Hebrew.
  4. A surname from Hebrew.
noun
  1. A person who was dead and has been resurrected; a dead person who could potentially be resurrected.
  2. A poor person, a beggar.
verb
  1. To rescue a dying person.
  2. To raise from the dead.

Pronunciation

/ˈlæzəɹəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lazarus.wav

Word forms

Lazarus Lazaruses Lazarusing Lazarused

Etymology

From 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.

Synonyms

Lazarus of Bethany Saint Lazarus Saint Lazare pauper beggar

Related words

lazar lazar house lazaret lazaretto Lazarist Lazarite

Derived words

Bamforth-Lazarus syndrome Lazarus effect Lazarus Island Lazarus layer Lazarus sign Lazarus species Lazarus syndrome Lazarus taxon

Translations

Aghwan: 𐔾𐔰𐔰𐔵𐔰𐕙 Arabic: لَعَازَر Armenian: Ղազարոս Armenian: Ղազար Bulgarian: Лазар Catalan: Llàtzer Cherokee: ᎳᏏᎳ Chinese Mandarin: 拉匝祿 /拉匝禄 Chinese Mandarin: 拉撒路 Maore Comorian: Lazaro Ngazidja Comorian: Lazaro Czech: Lazar Danish: Lazarus Dutch: Lazarus Esperanto: Lazaro Estonian: Laatsarus Finnish: Lasarus French: Lazare Georgian: ლაზარე German: Lazarus Greek: Λάζαρος Ancient Greek: Λάζαρος Hawaiian: Lazaro Hebrew: אֶלְעָזָר Italian: Lazzaro Japanese: ラザロ Korean: 나사로 Latin: Lazarus Maltese: Lazzru Norwegian: Lasarus Polish: Łazarz Portuguese: Lázaro Romanian: Lazăr Russian: Ла́зарь Scottish Gaelic: Làsaras Serbo-Croatian: Лазар Serbo-Croatian: Lazar Spanish: Lázaro Swedish: Lasaros Turkish: Lazarus Vietnamese: La-xa-rơ Vietnamese: La-da-rô
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