עֶזְרָהʻezrâh
help, succour, assistance
Pronunciation: ez-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5833
Meanings
1. help, succour (Isaiah 10:3; Isaiah 20:6; Isaiah 31:1)
2. concrete, embodied help, one who helps (compare 1 עֵזֶר 2)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 26 times in the Bible.
- Judges 5:23 ‘Let the people of Meroz be cursed,’ said the angel of the Lord. ‘Let them be utterly cursed, because they did not come to help the Lord— to help the Lord against the mighty warriors.’
- 2 Chronicles 28:21 Ahaz took valuable items from the Lord’s Temple, the royal palace, and from the homes of his officials and gave them to the king of Assyria as tribute. But this did not help him.
- Job 6:13 No, I am utterly helpless, without any chance of success.
- Job 31:21 “If I raised my hand against an orphan, knowing the judges would take my side,
- Psalms 22:19 O Lord, do not stay far away! You are my strength; come quickly to my aid!
- Psalms 27:9 Do not turn your back on me. Do not reject your servant in anger. You have always been my helper. Don’t leave me now; don’t abandon me, O God of my salvation!
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).