lazarus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Lazarus
    n 1: 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
    2: the diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the
       beggar

from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Lazarus
an abbreviation of Eleazar, whom God helps. (1.) The brother of
Mary and Martha of Bethany. He was raised from the dead after he
had lain four days in the tomb (John 11:1-44). This miracle so
excited the wrath of the Jews that they sought to put both Jesus
and Lazarus to death.

  (2.) A beggar named in the parable recorded Luke 16:19-31.

from Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

Lazarus, assistance of God

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