Λάζαρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (ʾelʿāzār, “El has helped.”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lǎːz.daː.ros/ → /ˈla.za.ros/ → /ˈla.za.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lǎːz.daː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.za.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.za.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.za.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.za.ros/

Proper noun

Λᾱ́ζᾱρος • (Lā́zāros) m (genitive Λᾱζᾱ́ρου); second declension

1. (biblical) a male given name, Lazarus, from Hebrew

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Λᾱ́ζᾱρος; τοῦ Λᾱζᾱ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Λᾱ́ζᾱρος ho Lā́zāros
Genitive	τοῦ Λᾱζᾱ́ρου toû Lāzā́rou
Dative	τῷ Λᾱζᾱ́ρῳ tôi Lāzā́rōi
Accusative	τὸν Λᾱ́ζᾱρον tòn Lā́zāron
Vocative	Λᾱ́ζᾱρε Lā́zāre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Arabic: لعازر
• → Chinese:
  • Mandarin: 拉撒路 (Lāsālù), 拉匝祿 / 拉匝禄 (Lāzālù)
• → Czech: Lazar
• → Danish: Lazarus
• → Dutch: Lazarus
• → German: Lazarus
• → Greek: Λάζαρος (Lázaros)
• → Hebrew: לזרוס (Lazaros) (Lazarus of Bethany)
• → Indonesian: Lazarus
• → Latin: Lazarus
  • Catalan: Llàtzer
  • → English: Lazarus
  • → Finnish: Lasarus
  • → French: Lazare
  • Italian: Lazzaro
  • Spanish: Lázaro
    • → Japanese: ラザロ (Razaro)
    • → Tagalog: Lazaro
  • Portuguese: Lázaro
    • → Japanese: ラザロ (Razaro)
  • → Romanian: Lazăr
• → Lithuanian: Lozorius
• → Norwegian: Lasarus
• → Old Armenian: Ղազարոս (Łazaros), Ղազար (Łazar)
  • Armenian: Ղազարոս (Ġazaros), Ղազար (Ġazar)
• → Old Church Slavonic: Лаꙁаръ (Lazarŭ)
• → Polish: Łazarz
• → Russian: Ла́зарь (Lázarʹ)
• → Swahili: Lazaro
• → Swedish: Lasaros
• → Ukrainian: Лазар (Lazar)

Further reading

• G2976 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible