

He was the brother of Martha and Mary ( John 11:1,2 see also Luke 10:38-41). The home of the Lazarus mentioned in John 11:1 was Bethany. The name was common among the Jews, and is given to two men in the New Testament who have nothing to do with each other. Means "God has helped." In Septuagint and Josephus are found the forms Eleazar, and Eleazaros.

Laz'-a-rus (Lazaros, an abridged form of the Hebrew name Eleazar, with a Greek termination): 1901.Įncyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Lazarus indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible The use of lazaretto and lazarhouse for the leper hospitals then founded in all parts of western Christendom, no less than that of lazaroni for the mendicants of Italian towns, is an indication of the effect of the parable upon the mind of Europe in the Middle Ages, and thence upon its later speech. The leper of the Middle Ages appears as a lazzaro.

( John 11:1 ) All that we know of him is derived from the Gospel of St. Lazarus of Bethany, the brother of Martha and Mary.( whom God helps ), another form of the Hebrew name Eleazar. Bible Dictionaries - Smith's Bible Dictionary - Lazarus Lazarus
