עֶזְרָה ezrah

Hebrew word for “help” · Strong’s H5833 · used 26 times in 25 verses

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Meaning

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

How it is translated

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

• help 25
• had been a help 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 40 (2), Isaiah 31 (2), Judges 5 (1), 2 Chronicles 28 (1), Job 6 (1), Job 31 (1), Psalms 22 (1), Psalms 27 (1), Psalms 35 (1), Psalms 38 (1)

Forms

• לעזרה 5
• לעזרתי 5
• עזרתי 4
• עזרתה 3
• עזרת 3
• לעזרת 2
• בעזרתי 1
• עזרה 1
• עזרתנו 1
• בעזרתך 1

Words used with it

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

• חוּשׁ chush “to hasten” 5
• תְּשׁוּעָה teshuah “deliverance” 3
• נוּ nu “us” 4
• אַל al “not” 4
• נָצַל natsal “to rescue” 3
• נִי ni “me” 4
• יָהַב yahav “to give” 2
• שָׁוְא shav “vanity” 2
• רָחַק rachaq “to remove” 2
• נָצַח natsach “to conduct” 2
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 3
• קוּם qum “to arise” 3

Key verses

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

• Judges 5:23 — Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD…
• Job 31:21 — If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
• Psalms 27:9 — Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
• Psalms 40:17 — But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
• Psalms 46:1 — [To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.] God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
• Psalms 63:7 — Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
• Psalms 71:12 — O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
• Isaiah 10:3 — And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your…
• Isaiah 31:1 — Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong;…
• Isaiah 31:2 — Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them…
• Jeremiah 37:7 — Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come…
• Lamentations 4:17 — As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

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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.