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Eliezer

Meaning — From the Hebrew "Eli'ezer" meaning "my God is help" or "God is my helper", compounded from "El" (God) and "ezer" (help). In the Hebrew Bible, Eliezer of Damascus is Abraham's senior servant who is entrusted with the mission of finding a wife for Isaac — his careful, prayer-guided journey to Mesopotamia and his encounter with Rebekah at the well is one of scripture's most detailed narrative passages.·Biblical Hebrew origin·Male·el-ee-EH-zer

Eliezer Eliezer carries the quality of a supremely trustworthy steward — a man defined by his faithful service to a greater purpose, whose own character is revealed through the careful, prayerful way he executes a mission. Characters named Eliezer tend to be thoughtful, loyal, and deeply wise in the art of reading people and situations.

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Historical FictionReligious FictionLiterary FictionAdventure

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Eliezer CohenEliezer LeviEliezer ShapiroEliezer GoldsteinEliezer KatzEliezer Stern

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