Avaran
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Avaran (‘pale’?). Surname of Eleazar, a brother of Judas Maccabæus ( Malachi 2:5 Malachi 2:5; 1Ma 6:43 ).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
av´a - ran : A surname of Eleazar, the third son of Mattathias (1 Macc 2:5). It is doubtfully conjectured that Eleazar received this surname from the episode related in 1 Macc 6:43-46; the word may mean "the piercer," referring to his stabbing of the elephant. Some connect it with חוּר , ḥūr , "to be white," and connect it with Eleazar's white complexion. The Syriac reads "Chavran" and the Vulgate's "Abaron"; the Septuagint in 1 Macc 6:43 gives Sauarán which is an error for Eleázaros aúran ; Septuagint's Codex Venetus corrects to aúran ̌ .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
( Αὐαράν , Josephus Αὐράν , Ant. 12, 6,1; Vulg. Auram and Abaron; prob. of Arabic derivation, see Grimm, in loc.), an epithet of Eleazar, the brother of Judas Maccabaeus ( 1 Maccabees 2:5).
