Lazar (name)

Lazar
Gender Male
Origin
Word/name Hebrew
Meaning God has helped
Region of origin Eastern Europe
Other names
Derived Eleazar
Related names Lazarus
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Lazar (Russian Ла́зарь; Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonian Лазар, Lazar) or Llazar (Albanian: Llazar) is a male given name or a surname. This abbreviated form of Lazarus is especially common in various Slavic languages. It's also used in Albanian, Hungarian and Romanian. The name is derived from the Hebrew name אֶלְעָזָר (Elʿazar, or Eleazar), meaning "God has helped".[1]

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References

  1. William Barclay, The Parables of Jesus, Westminster John Knox Press, 1999, ISBN 0-664-25828-X, pp. 92-98.
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