# Lazarus

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈlæzəɹəs/ · frequency rank #20,687

## Definitions
1. Lazarus of Bethany, a man supposedly raised from the dead by Jesus Christ and later (Christianity) revered as a saint.
2. A beggar in a parable by Jesus Christ, traditionally (Christianity) believed to have been a leper and often conflated with Lazarus of Bethany.
3. A male given name from Hebrew.
4. A surname from Hebrew.

## Etymology
From Late Latin Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of Biblical characters found in Luke 16 and John 12, from Biblical Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר ('El'azár), a given name shared by various figures in the Hebrew Bible and literally meaning "God has helped". Doublet of Eleazar.

## Easily confused with
- **lazar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lazar-vs-lazarus)

## Common misspellings (10)
`alzarus`, `laazrus`, `lazarrus`, `lazarsu`, `lazaruss`, `lazaurs`, `lazraus`, `lazzarus`, `llazarus`, `lzaarus`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lazarus