Word

עֶזְרָה

ʻezrâh · H5833 · Hebrew · 26 occurrences

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Meanings

help

An action by which humans or deities provide assistance or support to other humans, in both military and non-military contexts, in order to make their life or work or task easier

Examples
Judges 5:23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the LORD, ‘Utterly curse its inhabitants, Because they did not come to the help of the LORD, To the help of the LORD against the warriors.’
2 Chronicles 28:21 Although Ahaz took a portion out of the house of the LORD and out of the palace of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.
Isaiah 10:3 Now what will you do in the day of punishment, And in the devastation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your wealth?
Literally: (one's) helper; hence: a title for God as the one who provides assistance or support to his people ((God as one's) Helper)

Examples
Psalm 27:9 Do not hide Your face from me, Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not abandon me nor forsake me, God of my salvation!
Psalm 40:17 But I am afflicted and needy; May the Lord be mindful of me. You are my help and my savior; Do not delay, my God.
Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, A very ready help in trouble.

How it’s used In 5 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 10
יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 2
פָּעַלto do, to work 1
ךְyour 1
נוּour 1

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 3 groups

יָהַבto give 2
הָיָהto be, to become 1
רָאָהto see 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אַיִןthere is no, not 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1
אַתָּהyou 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

16 occurrences in 4 groups

לto/for 22
בin/on/with 4
אֵלto, toward 2
עַלon, upon, over, against 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 1 word

βοήθεια boḗtheia · G996 · help, support: Greek βοήθεια (boḗtheia, G996) serves as the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew עֶזְרָה (ʻezrâh, H5833), both denoting concrete assistance or aid provided to another; the Greek term carries the same core semantic range of practical help, though its secondary nautical sense (rope/chain for securing a vessel) represents a specialized extension not present in the Hebrew lexeme.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Safe002003003019: עֶזְרָה denotes help or assistance, as in Judges 5:23's "they did not come to the help of the LORD" and Job 6:13's "my help is not within me."
Titles003001017: עֶזְרָה (ʻezrâh, H5833) (עֵזֶר) is a common noun meaning "help, assistance." The quotation "Take hold of buckler and shield And rise up as my help" at Psalm 35:2 shows this sense, which does not independently attest the "Titles" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with עֶזְרָה (ʻEzrâh, H5834) in the source data and is not confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.
Names of People003001007: This lexeme's genuine tagged occurrences (e.g. Psalm 46:2, "we will not fear, though the earth shakes" — context of the divine "help"; Job 6:13, 31:21) all illustrate the common noun "help," not a personal name; this Names of People domain code is bundle-shared from this lexeme's cognate root shared with the personal name עֵזֶר (ʻÊzer, H5829) ("Ezer") and carries no tagged occurrence of עֶזְרָה (ʻezrâh, H5833) independently attesting a proper-name sense.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

עָזַר ʻâzar · H5826 · to be helped, to receive help, to help · 81×עֶזְרָהʻezrâh · H5833עֵזֶר ʻêzer · H5828 · help, assistance, support · 21×עֲזָרָה ʻăzârâh · H5835 · courtyard, ledge · 9×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5833. ezrah or ezrath I. עֶזְרָ֫תָה עֶזְרָת, עֶזְרָה, noun feminine help, succour,…

H5833. ezrah
or ezrath I. עֶזְרָ֫תָה עֶזְרָת, עֶזְרָה,
noun feminine help, succour, assistance; — absolute ׳ע Isa 10:3 +, עֶזְרָת Psalm 60:13; Psa 108:13 (Ges§ 80g), עֶזְרָ֫תָה Psa 63:8 Psa 63:2t.; construct עֶזְרַת Isa 31:2 +; suffix עֶזְרָתִי Psa 22:20 +, etc.; —
1 help, succour Isa 10:3; Isa 20:6 (+ לְהִנָּצֵל), Isa 31:1; Jer 37:7; Lam 4:17; Job 6:13; 2Ch 28:21; ׳ע אָ֑וֶן מֹּעֲלֵי Isa 31:2 help from, etc.; ׳ע ׳י Jdg 5:23 (twice in verse) help of (for) ׳י; from ׳י Psa 22:20; Psalm 38:23; Psa 40:14 (|| לְהַצִּילֵנִי), Psa 70:2 (|| id.), Psa 71:12 + מִצָּ֑ר Psalm 60:13 (|| תְּשׁוּעָה) =Psa 108:13.
2 concrete, embodied help, one who helps (compare 1 עֵזֶר 2):
a. collective Job 31:21 when I saw my help (assistance, support) in the gate; ׳בֵּע (see I. עֵזֶר 2) Nah 3:9.
b. of ׳י Psa 27:9; Psalm 40:18 (+ מְפַלֵּט), Psa 46:2 (|| עֹז מַחֲסֶה,) Psalm 44:27; Psa 63:8; Psa 94:17; ׳בְּע Psa 35:2.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Safe21 occurrences Names of People0 occurrences Titles5 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; 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.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0