To help
עָזַרStrong’s H5826azar (a-zar)
Appears in 77 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Azar is the Hebrew word usually translated “helper”, “help” and “help me”. It appears in 77 verses of the Old Testament.
“But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.”
Meaning
- To help, succour, support(Qal) to help · (Niphal) to be helped · (Hiphil) to help
How it's translated
- a helper 12
- to help 10
- to help me 3
- i will help you 3
- they helped 2
- help us 2
- helping 2
- to help us 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 17
- 2 Chronicles 12
- Isaiah 11
- 1 Chronicles 10
- Joshua 4
- Job 4
18 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 11:34In contextNow when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
- Daniel 11:45In contextAnd he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
- Zechariah 1:15In contextAnd I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
- Genesis 49:25Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
- Deuteronomy 32:38Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
- Joshua 1:14Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;
All 77 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
עָזַר azar · to help
1) to help, succour, support 1a) (Qal) to help 1b) (Niphal) to be helped 1c) (Hiphil) to help
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “help” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HELP, verb transitive
A regular verb; the old past tense and participle holp and holpen being obsolete.
- To aid; to assist; to lend strength or means towards effecting a purpose; as, to help a man in his work; to help another in raising a building; to help one to pay his debts; to help the memory or the understanding.
- To assist; to succor; to lend means of deliverance; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison.
- To relieve; to cure, or to mitigate pain or disease.
- To remedy; to change for the better.
All definitions and other forms of “help”
- To prevent; to hinder.
- To forbear; to avoid.
HELP, verb intransitive
To lend aid; to contribute strength or means.
HELP, noun
Aid; assistance; strength or means furnished towards promoting an object, or deliverance from difficulty or distress.
- “Give us help from trouble; for vain is the help of man” Psalms 60:11
- That which gives assistance; he or that which contributes to advance a purpose.“God is a very present help in time of trouble” Psalms 46:1
- Remedy; relief.
- A hired man or woman; a servant.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.