The
word help, helpmate, helpmeet, is often misunderstood. What does it
mean?
The Hebrew Word
Blue
Letter Bible
Lexicon :: Strong's H5828 - `ezer
עֵזֶר
Transliteration
`ezer
Pronunciation
ā'·zer
(Key)
Part
of Speech
masculine
noun
Root
Word (Etymology)
Dictionary
Aids
TWOT
Reference:
1598a
KJV
Translation Count — Total: 21x
Outline
of Biblical Usage [?]
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help, succour
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help, succour
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one who helps
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Strong’s
Definitions [?](Strong’s
Definitions Legend)
All the verses using this word
Genesis
2:18, 20 KJV - And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man
should be alone; I will make him an help meet[H5828] for him. ... And
Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to
every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help
meet[H5828] for him.
Exodus
18:4 KJV - And the name of the other [was] Eliezer; for the God of my
father, [said he, was] mine help,[H5828] and delivered me from the
sword of Pharaoh:
Deuteronomy
33:7, 26, 29 KJV - And this [is the blessing] of Judah: and he said,
Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let
his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help[H5828] [to him]
from his enemies. ... [There is] none like unto the God of Jeshurun,
[who] rideth upon the heaven in thy help,[H5828] and in his
excellency on the sky. ... Happy [art] thou, O Israel: who [is] like
unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help,[H5828]
and who [is] the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be
found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Psalm
20:2 KJV - Send thee help[H5828] from the sanctuary, and strengthen
thee out of Zion;
Psalm
33:20 KJV - Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help[H5828]
and our shield.
Psalm
70:5 KJV - But I [am] poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou
[art] my help[H5828] and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
Psalm
89:19 KJV - Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst,
I have laid help[H5828] upon [one that is] mighty; I have exalted
[one] chosen out of the people.
Psalm
115:9-11 KJV - O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he [is] their
help[H5828] and their shield. O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he
[is] their help[H5828] and their shield. Ye that fear the LORD, trust
in the LORD: he [is] their help[H5828] and their shield.
Psalm
121:1-2 KJV - [[A Song of degrees.]] I will lift up mine eyes unto
the hills, from whence cometh my help.[H5828] My help[H5828] [cometh]
from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
Psalm
124:8 KJV - Our help[H5828] [is] in the name of the LORD, who made
heaven and earth.
Psalm
146:5 KJV - Happy [is he] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his
help,[H5828] whose hope [is] in the LORD his God:
Isaiah
30:5 KJV - They were all ashamed of a people [that] could not profit
them, nor be an help[H5828] nor profit, but a shame, and also a
reproach.
Ezekiel
12:14 KJV - And I will scatter toward every wind all that [are] about
him to help[H5828] him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the
sword after them.
Daniel
11:34 KJV - Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a
little help:[H5828] but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
Hosea
13:9 KJV - O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is]
thine help.[H5828]
What it means:
B1
She has some wisdom, gift, insight, that the man does NOT have.
B2
If she does not give her wisdom and insight, the man is missing what
he needs.
B3
She has different gifts and abilities that the man does not have. He
lacks these things.
B4
He needs her.
What it does not mean:
B1
Slave
B2
Assistant
B3
Right hand man, etc.
B4
Servant
B5
Anything that suggests a lesser, an employee, a follower, attendant,
an aide, etc.
B6
It also does not mean that she is only good for sex, having babies,
and cleaning house.
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