name · noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˈlæzəɹəs/
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name
Meaning 1
Lazarus of Bethany, a man raised from the dead by Jesus Christ and later Christianity revered as a saint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 2
A beggar in a parable by Jesus Christ, traditionally (Christianity) thought to have been a leper and often conflated with Lazarus of Bethany.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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name
Meaning 3
A male given name from Hebrew.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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name
Meaning 4
A surname from Hebrew.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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noun
Meaning 5
A person who was dead and has been resurrected; a dead person who could potentially be resurrected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, usually
Examples
1870, Edmond de Pressensé, Annie Harwood Holmden (translator), The Early Years of the Christian Church, Book 3: First Century, page 462, Those who hear the voice of the Son of man and live, are so many Lazaruses called to the life divine.
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noun
Meaning 6
A poor person, a beggar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 7
To rescue a dying person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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verb
Meaning 8
To raise from the dead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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noun
Meaning 9
the diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: beggar, mendicant
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noun
Meaning 10
the person who Jesus raised from the dead after four days in the tomb; this miracle caused the enemies of Jesus to begin the plan to put him to death
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed
History
Etymology
From Late Latin Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of Biblical figures mentioned in Luke 16 and John 12, from Biblical Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר ('El'azár), a given name shared by various people in the Hebrew Bible and literally meaning "God has helped". Doublet of Eleazar.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Aghwan:
𐔾𐔰𐔰𐔵𐔰𐕙
(laazar)
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Arabic:
لَعَازَر
(laʕāzar)
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Armenian:
Ղազարոս
(Ġazaros)
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Armenian:
Ղազար
(Ġazar)
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Bulgarian:
Лазар
(Lazar)
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Catalan:
Llàtzer
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Cherokee:
ᎳᏏᎳ
(lasila)
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Chinese Mandarin:
拉匝祿 /拉匝禄
(Lāzālù)
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Chinese Mandarin:
拉撒路
(Lāsālù)
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Maore Comorian:
Lazaro
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Ngazidja Comorian:
Lazaro
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Czech:
Lazar
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Danish:
Lazarus
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Dutch:
Lazarus
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Esperanto:
Lazaro
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Estonian:
Laatsarus
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Finnish:
Lasarus
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French:
Lazare
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Georgian:
ლაზარე
(lazare)
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German:
Lazarus
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Greek:
Λάζαρος
(Lázaros)
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Ancient Greek:
Λάζαρος
(Lázaros)
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Hawaiian:
Lazaro
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Hebrew:
אֶלְעָזָר
(ʼelʻāzār)
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Hindi:
लाज़र
(lāzar)
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Italian:
Lazzaro
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Japanese:
ラザロ
(Razaro)
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Korean:
나사로
(nasaro)
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Latin:
Lazarus
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Maltese:
Lazzru
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Norwegian:
Lasarus
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Polish:
Łazarz
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Portuguese:
Lázaro
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Romanian:
Lazăr
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Russian:
Ла́зарь
(Lázarʹ)
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Scottish Gaelic:
Làsaras
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Serbo-Croatian:
Лазар
(Lazar)
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