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Eliezer

A man, in the time of Exile and Return · named in 1 verse

the name means God of help Strong's Lexicon

Eliezer was a Levite 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 10:23.

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