Eliezer

El´ee-ee´zuhr; Heb., “my 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; 1Chr 23:15-17; 1Chr 26:25). 3 The son of Do-davahu, and a prophet who spoke against King Jehoshaphat’s naval alliance with Ahaziah (2Chr 20:35-37). 4 The son of Becher (1Chr 7:8). 5 A priest (1Chr 15:24). 6 The son of Zichri, and a Reubenite chief (1Chr 27:16). 7 A leading man sent by Ezra to seek Levites for Temple service (Ezra 8:16). 8 Three men who divorced foreign wives (Ezra 10:18; Ezra 10:23; Ezra 10:31). 9 An ancestor of Jesus (Luke 3:29).