ezer · helper, help

What it means

ezer (עֵזֶר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “helper, help”.

Help, aid; one who helps. It does not imply inferiority: the same word is often used for God as the helper of his people (Psalm 33:20; 121:1-2).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Support one gives another to help him through; the best is God's.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• help ×19
• helper ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• Exodus×1
• Deuteronomy×3
• Psalms×11
• Isaiah×1
• Ezekiel×1
• Daniel×1
• Hosea×1

• Genesis 2:18

  And YHWH Elohim said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make for him a helper corresponding to him.”

• Genesis 2:20

  And 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 corresponding to him.

• Exodus 18:4

  and the name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, “The Elohim of my father was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

• Deuteronomy 33:7

  And this is for Judah, and he said, “Hear, YHWH, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people. His hands contend for him; and be a help against his adversaries.”

• Deuteronomy 33:26

  “There is none like El, Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your help, and in his majesty the clouds.

• Deuteronomy 33:29

  Happy are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by YHWH, the shield of your help and who is the sword of your majesty? Your enemies will cringe before you, and you will tread on their high places.”

• Psalms 20:2

  May he send your help from the holy place, and from Zion may he sustain you.

• Psalms 33:20

  Our soul is waiting for YHWH; our help and our shield is he.

• Psalms 70:5

  And I am afflicted and needy; Elohim, hurry to me; my help and the one who brings me to safety are you; YHWH, do not delay.

• Psalms 89:19

  Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones, and said, “I have set help upon a mighty man; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

• Psalms 115:9

  Israel, trust in YHWH; their help and their shield is he.

• Psalms 115:10

  House of Aaron, trust in YHWH; their help and their shield is he.

• Psalms 115:11

  You who fear YHWH, trust in YHWH; their help and their shield is he.

• Psalms 121:1

  A song for the ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; from where will come my help?

• Psalms 121:2

  My help comes from YHWH, who made heaven and earth.

• Psalms 124:8

  Our help is in the name of YHWH, who made heaven and earth.

• Psalms 146:5

  Happy is he whose help is the El of Jacob, whose hope is in YHWH his Elohim,

• Isaiah 30:5

  Everyone has been put to shame because of a people that does not profit them, not for help and not for profit, but for shame and also for reproach.

• Ezekiel 12:14

  And all who are around him as his help and all his troops I will scatter to every wind, and a sword I will unsheathe after them.

• Daniel 11:34

  And when they stumble they will be helped with a little help, and many will join them with intrigues.

• Hosea 13:9

  It has destroyed you, Israel, that you are against me, against your help.