Lexical Definition

‎עֵזֶר‎ ʻêzer (ay'-zer) helper ^H:N-M
from ‎עָזַר‎

help.

• aid

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

See Greek: βοήθεια · βοηθέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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 Gu^Kau 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.

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