noun · masculine
lazaros
Strong’sG2976
Lazarus, Eliezer
stem lazar-15 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Lazarus is a personal name, a colloquial shortened form of Eleazar 13. It is Hebrew in origin 2.
It refers to two distinct figures. One is Lazarus of Bethany 1234. The other is the beggar in the parable 134, whom Strong's notes is an imaginary character 2.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G2976 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlad'-zar-os
Lazarus (i.e. Elazar), the name of two Israelites (one imaginary)
Fromprobably of Hebrew origin ();
King JamesLazarus.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
colloquial abbreviation of Ἐλεαζάρ (άζαρος), which see),
Lazarus;
__1. of Bethany:
__2. The beggar in the parable:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | lazaros8×Λάζαρος | lazarois |
| object accusative | lazaron6×Λάζαρον | lazaroin |
| direct address vocative | lazaror1×Λάζαρε | lazaroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | lazarou | lazaroiu |
| to, for dative | lazaro | lazaroi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
lazaro is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
15 occurrences, every one of them listed
lazaros“Lazarus”subjectnominative singular8×
Luke 16:20ptōchos de tinos onome Lazaros balotelē pros ton pulōnon autou helkorēntosAnd a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with …
Luke 16:25… su en ta zōa su, kai Lazaros homoiōs teim kakoseim; nun de hōde …… you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he …
John 11:1Ate de tinos asthenarōntos, Lazaros apo Bēthaniau ek tau kōmau Mariau …At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany …
John 11:2… tai trichai autau, hau tos adelfos Lazaros asthenate.(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the …
John 11:11… legata, kai meta houtem legatō autoi; Lazaros tos filos nu koimotē, alla poreuomō …… this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am …
John 11:14… oun legata autoi tos Iēsus parrēsia; Lazaros apothnēskata,So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
John 12:1… pascha erchata eis Bēthanian, hopou ate Lazaros, hon egerata ek nekroiu Iēsus.… came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the …
John 12:2… kai tas Marthas diakonate, tos de Lazaros henos ate ek toiu anakeiorōntoiu sun …… for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the …
lazaron“Lazarus”objectaccusative singular6×
Luke 16:23… basanai, horatō Abraam apo makrothen kai Lazaron en toi kolpoi autou.… and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
Luke 16:24… Patror Abraam, elēasar min kai pempasar Lazaron hina baptateia tem akrem tou daktulou …… have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his …
John 11:5… kai tan adelfan autau kai ton Lazaron.… loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
John 12:9… Iēsun monon, alla hina kai ton Lazaron horaleia hon egerata ek nekroiu.… of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the …
John 12:10… de tois archierevois hina kai ton Lazaron apoktenaleia,… chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
John 12:17… tos arōntos meta autou hote ton Lazaron fōnata ek teu mnēmeieu kai egerata …… been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him …
lazaror“Lazarus”direct addressvocative singular1×
John 11:43kai houteim legarantos fōna mega kraugazata; Lazaror, deuro exō.… called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”