Lazarus
E500437
Lazarus is a given name of Hebrew origin meaning "God has helped," best known from the biblical figure resurrected by Jesus in the New Testament.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5176460 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lazarus Context triple: [Lazarus Fuchs, givenName, Lazarus]
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A.
Lazarus
Lazarus is the troubled, blues-playing ex-bluesman portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson in the 2006 Southern drama film "Black Snake Moan."
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B.
Lazarus
"Lazarus" is a song and stage musical by David Bowie, noted for its haunting reflection on mortality and its close association with his final artistic period.
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C.
Lazar
Lazar is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, commonly used in Slavic and other Eastern European cultures.
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D.
Lazarus Salii
Lazarus Salii was a Palauan politician who served as President of Palau during the late 1980s, playing a key role in the country’s early years of self-governance.
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E.
Lazare
Lazare is a masculine given name of French origin, notably borne by the French mathematician, physicist, and statesman Lazare Carnot.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lazarus Target entity description: Lazarus is a given name of Hebrew origin meaning "God has helped," best known from the biblical figure resurrected by Jesus in the New Testament.
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A.
Lazarus
Lazarus is the troubled, blues-playing ex-bluesman portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson in the 2006 Southern drama film "Black Snake Moan."
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B.
Lazarus
"Lazarus" is a song and stage musical by David Bowie, noted for its haunting reflection on mortality and its close association with his final artistic period.
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C.
Lazar
Lazar is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, commonly used in Slavic and other Eastern European cultures.
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D.
Lazarus Salii
Lazarus Salii was a Palauan politician who served as President of Palau during the late 1980s, playing a key role in the country’s early years of self-governance.
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E.
Lazare
Lazare is a masculine given name of French origin, notably borne by the French mathematician, physicist, and statesman Lazare Carnot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
given name
ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Christian iconography
ⓘ
hymns ⓘ religious paintings ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bible
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ |
| bestKnownFrom |
Lazarus of Bethany
ⓘ
resurrection of Lazarus ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Eleazar ⓘ |
| etymologicalRoot |
El (God)
ⓘ
linked to:
el (God)
azar (helped) ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | male ⓘ |
| hasConnotation |
divine help
ⓘ
new life ⓘ resurrection ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
Christian art
ⓘ
Christian liturgy ⓘ Western literature ⓘ
linked to:
Western canon
religious music ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | God has helped ⓘ |
| hasNameDayIn | various Christian calendars ⓘ |
| hasOrigin |
Hebrew language
ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrew
|
| hasReligiousAssociation |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Eleazar
ⓘ
Lazar ⓘ Lazare ⓘ Lázaro ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gospel of John
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ |
| nameType | theophoric name ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
afterlife
ⓘ
faith ⓘ miracles of Jesus ⓘ |
| scriptOrigin | Hebrew script ⓘ |
| transliteratedAs |
Lazaros
ⓘ
linked to:
Lazarus
Lazarus of Bethany ⓘ |
| usedAs |
personal name
ⓘ
saint name ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Christian tradition
ⓘ
English language ⓘ
linked to:
English
German language ⓘ Greek language ⓘ Jewish tradition ⓘ Latin language ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lazarus Description of subject: Lazarus is a given name of Hebrew origin meaning "God has helped," best known from the biblical figure resurrected by Jesus in the New Testament.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lazarus