Bible Person

Eliezer

Meaning: help · Male · 1 cross reference

This Eliezer entry refers to an ancestor in Luke's genealogy between Jorim and Jose, not to the Old Testament and post-exilic figures of the same name. He belongs to the long line through which Luke traces the ancestry of Jesus. First appears in Luke 3:29.1

AI summary: This Eliezer matters because his single cross reference helps carry Luke's genealogy through otherwise quiet generations. The entry contributes to the evangelist's portrayal of Jesus as rooted in a real and extended human line. Taken together, the material presents this Eliezer as a genealogical figure in Luke's line of descent.1