עֵזֶר ezer

Hebrew word for “helper” · Strong’s H5828 · used 21 times in 21 verses

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Meaning

1) help, succour; 1a) help, succour; 1b) one who helps

How it is translated

Glosses given for ezer in context, with how often each is used:

• help 17
• helper 3
• has been help 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 33 (3), Psalms 115 (3), Genesis 2 (2), Psalms 121 (2), Exodus 18 (1), Psalms 20 (1), Psalms 33 (1), Psalms 70 (1), Psalms 89 (1), Psalms 124 (1)

Forms

• עזר 4
• עזרי 3
• עזרם 3
• בעזרך 2
• עזרך 2
• עזרנו 2
• בעזרי 1
• ועזר 1
• בעזרו 1
• לעזר 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ezer more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מָגֵן magen “shield” 5
• שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 4
• בָּטַח batach “to trust” 3
• גַּאֲוָה gaavah “pride” 2
• אֶשֶׁר esher “blessed” 2
• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 3
• שֵׁם shem “name” 3
• נֶגֶד neged “before” 2
• אֵל el “God” 2
• אָדָם adam “man” 2
• נִי ni “me” 2
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 2

Key verses

The verses using ezer that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 2:18 — And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
• Deuteronomy 33:7 — And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou…
• Deuteronomy 33:26 — There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
• Deuteronomy 33:29 — Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies…
• Psalms 33:20 — Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
• Psalms 89:19 — Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
• Psalms 115:9 — O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
• Psalms 121:1 — [A Song of degrees.] I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
• Psalms 146:5 — Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
• Ezekiel 12:14 — And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
• Daniel 11:34 — Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
• Hosea 13:9 — O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.