עֵזֶרʻêzer

help, succour

Pronunciation: ay'-zer · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5828

Meanings

1. help, succour (Isaiah 30:5; Daniel 11:34; Psalms 20:3)

2. concrete = one who helps (compare 1. עֶזְרָה 2) (Genesis 2:18; Genesis 2:20; Hosea 13:9)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 21 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 2:18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”
  • Genesis 2:20 He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him.
  • Exodus 18:4 His second son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my ancestors was my helper; he rescued me from the sword of Pharaoh.”)
  • Deuteronomy 33:7 Moses said this about the tribe of Judah: “O Lord, hear the cry of Judah and bring them together as a people. Give them strength to defend their cause; help them against their enemies!”
  • Deuteronomy 33:26 “There is no one like the God of Israel. He rides across the heavens to help you, across the skies in majestic splendor.
  • Deuteronomy 33:29 How blessed you are, O Israel! Who else is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your protecting shield and your triumphant sword! Your enemies will cringe before you, and you will stomp on their backs!”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).