H5833 עֶזְרָה (ʻezrâh) ez-raw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

help

Strong's Definition

aid

Derivation: or עֶזְרָת; (Psalm 60:11 (13); Psalm 108:12 (13)), feminine of H5828 (עֵזֶר);

KJV Usage: help(-ed, -er).

TWOT Reference: 1598b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) help, succour, assistance

1a) help, succour

1b) one who helps

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G484 G1680

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עֶזְרָה (ez.rah) — help. 1) help, succour, assistance 1a) help, succour 1b) one who helps

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עֶזְרָה (H5833 · H5834) SAHD

noun f · עזר

Safe

help = 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

JDG 5:23 · JDG 5:23 · 2SA 22:36 · 2CH 28:21 · JOB 6:13 · JOB 31:21 · PSA 22:20 · PSA 35:2 · PSA 38:23 · PSA 40:14 · PSA 44:27 · PSA 60:13 · PSA 70:2 · PSA 71:12 · PSA 108:13 · ISA 10:3 · ISA 20:6 · ISA 31:1 · ISA 31:2 · JER 37:7 · LAM 4:17 · NAM 3:9

Titles

(God as one's) Helper literally: (one's) helper; hence: = a title for God as the one who provides assistance or support to his people

PSA 27:9 · PSA 40:18 · PSA 46:2 · PSA 63:8 · PSA 94:17

name

Names of People

Ezrah = man from the tribe of Judah

1CH 4:17

¹ 2SA 22:36 4QSam-a RSV NRSV GNT CEV "help" | MT עֲנֹתְךָ ESV "gentleness" NIV "stoop down" NJPS "providence"

Steve Berneking; J.K. Aitken; A. Gray; G.I. Davies

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֶזְרָה, עֶזְרָת, עֶזְרָ֫תָה n.f. help, succour, assistance base

Bible Occurrences (25)

5:23

28:21

6:13 31:21

22:19 27:9 35:2 38:22 40:13 40:17 44:26 46:1 60:11 63:7 70:1 71:12 94:17 108:12

10:3 20:6 31:1 31:2

37:7

4:17

3:9

Judges 5:23

Curse Meroz, says the angel of the LORD. Bitterly curse... her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.

2 Chronicles 28:21

Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented [it] to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.

Job 6:13

[Is] there any help within me now that success is driven from me?

Job 31:21

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

Isaiah 20:6

And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled... for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots... and in their multitude... of horsemen.... They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

Isaiah 31:2

Yet He too [is] wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers....