עֶזְרָה
ʻezrâh · ez-raw'
aid
Lexicon
Derivation: or עֶזְרָת; (Psalm 60:11 (13); Psalm 108:12 (13)), feminine of H5828 (עֵזֶר);
aid
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: help(-ed, -er).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to cut, to sustain › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To see and know that works to cut, to sustain of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֶזְרָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to help4 · 15%
- for help3 · 12%
- help2 · 8%
- us help2 · 8%
- not to the help1 · 4%
- to the help1 · 4%
- but he helped1 · 4%
- is not my help1 · 4%
- my help1 · 4%
- thee to help1 · 4%
- thou hast been my help1 · 4%
- for mine help1 · 4%
- upon me: thou art my help1 · 4%
- for our help1 · 4%
- because thou hast been my help1 · 4%
- for my help1 · 4%
- had been my help1 · 4%
- and against the help1 · 4%
- were thy helpers1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.