עֵזֶר
ʻêzer · H5828 · Hebrew · 21 occurrences
Meanings
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help, assistance or support
The action by which humans or deities provide assistance to other humans, in military and non-military contexts, to make their life, work, or task easier
ExamplesGenesis 2:18 Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”
Genesis 2:20 The man gave names to all the livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him.
Exodus 18:4 And the other was named Eliezer, for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
15 occurrences in 5 groups
- יmy 4
- ךָyour 4
- הֶםtheir 3
- הוּhis 2
- נוּour 2
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מְעַטfew 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כֹּלall, every, whole 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
What is done to itIt is the object
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- מָצָאto find 1
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
- שָׁוָהto be alike 1
- שָׁלַחto send, to send away 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1
- שֵׁםname 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- הוּאhe, she, it 4
- אֵלGod, god 1
- אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 1
- אַתָּהyou 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with 5
- לto/for 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מָגֵןshield 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
In the other Testament 2 words
- βοηθός boēthós · G998 · helper
- Greek βοηθός renders Hebrew עֵזֶר as the personal agent who provides help (the helper/succorer) rather than the abstract concept of help itself, though both terms denote the provision of aid.
- βοήθεια boḗtheia · G996 · help, support
- Greek βοήθεια renders Hebrew עֵזֶר as its standard translation equivalent for the concrete noun denoting aid or assistance; both denote the act or provision of help substantively.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Safe002003003019
- עֵזֶר denotes help or a helper, as in Genesis 2:18's "I will make him a helper suitable for him" and Exodus 18:4's "the God of my father was my help."
- Names of People003001007
- The same word is also used as a personal name, Eliezer's own name in Exodus 18:4 being built from this root ("God is my help").
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Also from the root עָזַר
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5828. ezer I. עֵ֫זֶר noun masculinePsa 121:1 help, succour; — ׳ע absolute Gen 2:18 +,…
I. עֵ֫זֶר noun masculinePsa 121:1 help, succour; — ׳ע absolute Gen 2:18 +, suffix עֶזְרִי Exo 18:4, עֶזְרֹה Eze 12:14, etc.; —
1 help, succour Isa 30:5 (|| הוֺעִיל, opposed to חֶרְמָּה בּשֶׁת,), Dan 11:34; from ׳י Psa 20:3; Psa 121:1; Psa 121:2; Psa 124:8; in Psa 89:20 read נֵזֶר for ׳ע Dy Gr Kau (עֹז Bi Che), compare Hup; עֶזְר֑ךָ מָגֵן Deu 33:29 (= ׳י).
2 concrete = one who helps (compare 1. עֶזְרָה 2) ׳בְּע (בְּ essent., see ב 17b, Ges§ 119 h, i) Gen 2:18, Gen 2:20; (J) + Hos 13:9 (read בְע ׳מִי Che We GuKau Now); collective (without בְּ Eze 12:14 (si vera lectio; Co עֹזְרָיו); especially of ׳ע י ׳מִצָּרָיו Deu 33:7 (poem), ׳ע + מָגֵן Psa 33:20; Psa 115:9; Psa 115:10; Psa 115:11, + מְפַלֵּט Psalm 70:6; ׳בְּע (see above) Exo 18:4 (E), Deu 33:26 (poem), Psa 146:4.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
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