עֶזְרָה
ez.rah
help
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word עֶזְרָה (ez.rah) is defined as "help". In the 26 occurrences of this word throughout the Bible, it conveys the idea of assistance or support in times of need. Its range of usage is quite expansive, appearing in various contexts, including requests for aid, expressions of gratitude for help received, and statements of trust in God as a source of assistance. This word can refer to both general support and specific types of aid, such as military help or physical assistance. The significance of this word is that it highlights the importance of assistance and support in everyday life and faith. By using this word, authors of the Bible emphasize the value of receiving and giving help, and often look to God as the ultimate source of aid and support.
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Occurrences in Scripture
26 total occurrences across the text
For Ahaz took away a portion out of Yahweh’s house, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria; but it didn’t help him.
Job 6:13Isn’t it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me?
Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,
Psalms 22:19But don’t be far off, Yahweh. You are my help. Hurry to help me!
Psalms 27:9Don’t hide your face from me. Don’t put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don’t abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.
Psalms 35:2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
Psalms 38:22Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.
Psalms 40:13Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, Yahweh.
Psalms 40:17But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.
Psalms 44:26Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.
Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalms 60:11Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain.
Psalms 63:7For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
Psalms 70:1Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.
Psalms 71:12God, don’t be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.
Psalms 94:17Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
Psalms 108:12Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.
Isaiah 10:3What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
Isaiah 20:6The inhabitants of this coast land will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria. And we, how will we escape?’ ”
Isaiah 31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh!
Isaiah 31:2Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.
Jeremiah 37:7“Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘You shall tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: “Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has come out to help you, will return to Egypt into their own land.
Lamentations 4:17Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help. In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
Nahum 3:9Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.
Judges 5:23‘Curse Meroz,’ said Yahweh’s angel. ‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn’t come to help Yahweh, to help Yahweh against the mighty.’
Judges 5:23‘Curse Meroz,’ said Yahweh’s angel. ‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn’t come to help Yahweh, to help Yahweh against the mighty.’