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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, hÌ£uÌ„r, “to be white,†and connect it with Eleazar's white complexion. The Syriac reads “Chavran†and the Vulgate's “Abaronâ€; the Septuagint in 1 Macc 6:43 gives SauaraÌn which is an error for EleaÌzaros auÌran; Septuagint's Codex Venetus corrects to auÌranÌŒ.