Eliezer
the name means God of help Strong's Lexicon
Eliezer was a priest who married a foreign woman during the exile.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
God his help. (1.) "Of Damascus," the "steward" (R.V., "possessor") of Abraham's house (Gen. 15:2, 3). It was probably he who headed the embassy sent by Abraham to the old home of his family in Padan-aram to seek a wife for his son Isaac. The account of this embassy is given at length in Gen. 24.
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
First named at Ezra 10:18.
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Verses that name Eliezer
- Ezra 10:18 Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.