Eleazar is a common Hebrew name. It may refer to:

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Eleazar (given name) Eleazar ( or Elazar, meaning "God has helped", ''el'azár'') is a common Jewish masculine given name. The first known bearer of the name is Eleazar, son of Aaron and High Priest of Israel. Others with the name include: Figures in the Bible and a ...

, a list of people and biblical and apocryphal figures with the given name *

Eleazar Eleazar (; ) or Elazar was a priest in the Hebrew Bible, the second High Priest, succeeding his father Aaron after he died. He was a nephew of Moses. Biblical narrative Eleazar played a number of roles during the course of the Exodus, from ...

, son of Aaron and second ''Kohen Gadol'' (High Priest) of Israel * Eleazar, son of Abinadab, a keeper of the Ark of the Covenant * Eleazar (son of Dodo), one of King David's warriors * Eleazar (son of Pinhas), one of those in charge of the sacred vessels brought back to Jerusalem after the Babylonian Exile *

Eleazar Avaran Eleazar Avaran, also known as Eleazar Maccabeus, Eleazar Hachorani/Chorani (Hebrew: אלעזר המכבי ''Eleazar HaMakabi'', אלעזר החורני ''Eleazar HaChorani''; died 162 BC) was the fourth son of Mattathias and the younger brother of ...

, the younger brother of Judas Maccabeus *

Eleazar (2 Maccabees) Eleazar was a Jewish martyr who died during the persecution of Judaism in Judea ordered by King Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Together with the woman with seven sons, he is one of the "Holy Maccabean Martyrs" celebrated by the Roman Catholic, Eastern ...

, a martyr described in 2 Maccabees 6 * Eleazar, name chosen by Frankish deacon

Bodo (deacon) Bodo (c. 814 – 876) was a Frankish deacon at the court of Emperor Louis the Pious, who caused a notorious case of apostasy in the Europe of his day. Life In early 838, Bodo declared that he was embarking to make a pilgrimage to Rome, but instea ...

upon his conversion to Judaism *

Eleazar (painter) Eleazar is a Spanish painter and sculptor who was born in Siles, Jaén, Spain in 1954. He lives and works in Barcelona, the city where he has had his workshop since 1979. Early life Eleazar was born in 1954 the Spanish town of Siles in the pro ...

(born 1954), Spanish painter *

Abraham Eleazar Abraham Eleazar is the fictitious author of an alchemical work titled ''R. Abrahami Eleazaris Uraltes Chymisches Werk'' ("R. Abraham Eleazar's Age-Old Chymical Work"). The book was first published in Erfurt in 1735; a second edition was published i ...

, fictitious author of a 1735 book on alchemy *

David Elazar David "Dado" Elazar (; 27 August 1925 – 15 April 1976) was an Israeli senior military officer who was the ninth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), serving in that capacity from 1972 to 1974. He was forced to resign in the afterma ...

(1925–1976), Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces *

Guillermo Eleazar Guillermo Lorenzo Tolentino Eleazar (; born November 13, 1965) is a Filipino retired police officer and general who served as Chief of the Philippine National Police from May to November 2021. He was also the Deputy Chief of Administration in ...

, Chief of the Philippine National Police *

Rosalind Eleazar Rosalind Eleazar is a British stage and screen actress. She is known for her role as Louisa Guy in the TV series ''Slow Horses'', and as Agnes in 2019 film '' The Personal History of David Copperfield''. Early life and education Rosalind El ...

, 21st century English actress

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Elazar, Gush Etzion Elazar () is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, 18 kilometers south of Jerusalem in the Gush Etzion cluster of settlements. A community settlement, it had a population of in . It is administered by the Gush Etzion Regional Council. The inte ...

, a small Israeli settlement in the West Bank near the site of Eleazar Maccabeus' fatal battle

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