Bible Person

Eliezer

Meaning: help · Male · 1 cross reference

This Eliezer entry refers to one of the temple-connected men listed in Ezra 10, not to Abraham's steward, the Reubenite chief, or the priestly figures of the same name. He belongs to the restored community's process of moral reform. First appears in Ezra 10:23.1

AI summary: This Eliezer matters because his single cross reference places him among those publicly named in Ezra's response to unlawful marriages. The entry shows that post-exilic correction reached into the worshiping community in concrete personal ways. Taken together, the material presents this Eliezer as one of the individuals included in covenant reform.1

Central Figure

Eliezer

Meaning: help