Eleazar (Easton)

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God has helped. The third son of Aaron (Exodus 6:23 ). His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas (Exodus 6:25 ). After the death of Nadab and Abihu (Leviticus 10:12; Numbers 3:4 ) he was appointed to the charge of the sanctuary (Numbers 3:32 ). On Mount Hor he was clothed with the sacred"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa. Click here to join the effort! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter E Bible Dictionaries Eleazar Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Elealeh Next Entry Elect Lady Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Ellasar Eleazar (Eleazer) Eleasah Thompson Chain Reference Eleazar Dictionaries American Tract Society Ellasar Eleazar Bridgeway Bible Dictionary Eleazar Chabad Knowledge Base Eleazar Easton's Bible Dictionary Ellasar Eleazar Fausset Bible Dictionary Ellasar Eleazar Eleasah Holman Bible Dictionary Ellasar Eleazar Eleasah (only first 3 shown) Hitchcock Bible Names Ellasar Eleazar Hastings' BibleDictionary Ellasar Eleazar Eleasah (only first 3 shown) Hastings' NT Dictionary Eleazar Morrish Bible Dictionary Ellasar Eleazar Eleasah 1910 New Catholic Dictionary Katherine Eleanor Conway Conway, Katherine Eleanor Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary Eleazar People's Bible Dictionary Eleazar Smith Bible Dictionary Ellasar Eliezar Eleazar (only first 3 shown) Webster Dictionary Lazar Alkazar Alcazar Watson's Theological Dictionary Eleazar Encyclopedias 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Alcazar de San Juan Eleanor a Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick (only first 3 shown) International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Eleadah; Eladah Eleasa Eleasah (only first 3 shown) Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Eleazar Ellasar McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Achards, Eleazar Francis de La Baume de Alcazar, Bartolomeo Alcazar, Luis de (only first 3 shown) The Nuttall Encyclopedia Eleanor The Catholic Encyclopedia Eleazar The Jewish Encyclopedia Atlas, Elazar (Lazar) Behrmann, Lazar Jakovlevich Benjamin Wolf Eleazar (only first 3 shown) Lexicons ܐܶܠܺܝܥܳܙܳܪ Ἐλεάζαρ אֶלָּסָר אֶלְעָדָה אֶלְעָזָר (only first 3 shown) God has helped. The third son of Aaron ( Exodus 6:23 ). His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas ( Exodus 6:25 ). After the death of Nadab and Abihu ( Leviticus 10:12 ; Numbers 3:4 ) he was appointed to the charge of the sanctuary ( Numbers 3:32 ). On Mount Hor he was clothed with the sacred vestments, which Moses took from off his brother Aaron and put upon him as successor to his father in the high priest's office, which he held for more than twenty years ( Numbers 20:25-29 ). He took part with Moses in numbering the people (26:3,4), and assisted at the inauguration of Joshua. He assisted in the distribution of the land after the conquest ( Joshua 14:1 ). The high-priesthood remained in his family till the time of Eli, into whose family it passed, till it was restored to the family of Eleazar in the person of Zadok ( 1 Samuel 2:35 ; Compare 1 Kings 2:27 ). "And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son" ( Joshua 24:33 ). The word here rendered "hill" is Gibeah, the name of several towns in Palestine which were generally on or near a hill. The words may be more suitably rendered, "They buried him in Gibeah of Phinehas", i.e., in the city of Phinehas, which has been identified, in accordance with Jewish and Samaritan traditions, with Kefr Ghuweirah='Awertah, about 7 miles north of Shiloh, and a few miles south-east of Nablus. "His tomb is still shown there, overshadowed by venerable terebinths." Others, however, have identified it with the village of Gaba or Gebena of Eusebius, the modern Khurbet Jibia, 5 miles north of Guphna towards Nablus. An inhabitant of Kirjath-jearim who was "sanctified" to take charge of the ark, although not allowed to touch it, while it remained in the house of his father Abinadab ( 1 Samuel 7:1,2 ; Compare Numbers 3:31 ; 4:15 ). The son of Dodo the Ahohite, of the tribe of Benjamin, one of the three most eminent of David's thirty-seven heroes ( 1 Chronicles 11:12 ) who broke through the Philistine host and brought him water from the well of Bethlehem ( 2 Samuel 23:9,16 ). A son of Phinehas associated with the priests in taking charge of the sacred vessels brought back to Jerusalem after the Exile ( Ezra 8:33 ). A Levite of the family of Merari ( 1 Chronicles 23:21,22 ).

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