Strong's Lexicon

H5828

H5828 — עֵזֶר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewezernoun mascOccurrences: 22TWOT: 1598a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H5828
Word:עֵזֶר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H5826
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:22
Transliteration:ezer
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:`ezer (ay'-zer) n-m.
Meaning:1. aid
KJV Renderings:help.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5969

I. עֵ֫זֶר noun masculine Ps 121:1 help, succour; — ׳ ע absolute Gen 2:18 +, suffix עֶזְרִי Exod 18:4, עֶזְרֹה Ezek 12:14, etc.; —

1. help, succour Isa 30:5 (|| הוֺעִיל, opposed to בּשֶׁת, חֶרְפָּה), Dan 11:34 from ׳ י Ps 20:3; Ps 121:1; Ps 121:2; Ps 124:8 in Ps 89:20 read נֵזֶר for ׳ ע Dy Gr Kau (עֹז Bi Che), compare Hup; מָגֵן עֶזְר֑ךָ Deut 33:29 (= ׳ י).
2. concrete = one who helps (compare 1. עֶזְרָה 2) ׳ בְּע (בְּ essent., see ב 1.7.b, Ges«GKC:119h»§ 119 h, i) Gen 2:18; Gen 2:20 ( J ) + Hos 13:9 (read ׳ מִי בְע Che We GuKau Now); collective (without בְּ Ezek 12:14 (si vera lectio; Co עֹזְרָיו); especially of ׳ מִצָּרָיו י ׳ ע Deut 33:7 (poem), ׳ ע + מָגֵן Ps 33:20; Ps 115:9; Ps 115:10 ; Ps 115:11, + מְפַלֵּט Ps 70:6 ׳ בְּע (see above) Exod 18:4 ( E ), Deut 33:26 (poem), Ps 146:4.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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