Words the Bible translates as help
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 20 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- yasahיָשַׁעto save: to step in on behalf of someone in danger, distress, or the wrong, and bring them through to safety, victory, or vindication.
- sullambanōσυλλαμβάνωto help: to take hold alongside someone and share their work
+2 more meanings
- to seize: to lay hold of and capture a person or a catch
- to conceive: to become pregnant with a child
- boētheōβοηθέωto come to someone's aid in trouble: to help by rushing to the rescue, in time and to real effect
- azarעָזַרto help: to come to someone's aid by adding your strength to theirs
- yeshu'ahיְשׁוּעָהsalvation: the rescue brought to someone who cannot get themselves out of trouble, covering the saving act, the victory it wins, and the safety it leaves behind.
- boētheiaβοήθειαhelpnot studied yet
- antilambanōἀντιλαμβάνωto helpnot studied yet
- antechōἀντέχωto hold fast to: to keep a deliberate grip on a person or a thing and stay committed to it in practice
- ōpheleōὠφελέωto benefit: to do someone real good, to be of use, to profit
- yesahיֵשַׁעdeliverance: the rescue, victory, or safety that God brings to people in danger or distress
- teshu'ahתְּשׁוּעָהdeliverance: being rescued from danger or enemies, especially the victory that God gives
- ezrahעֶזְרָהhelp: the decisive, active intervention of a stronger party to rescue a weaker one in trouble
- ezerעֵזֶרhelp, or one who helps: aid given to someone who cannot manage alone, and by far most often the aid God himself supplies.
- antilēpsisἀντίληψιςacts of practical help: Spirit-enabled deeds that come to the aid of people in need in the church
- adarעָדַרto be missing: absent from a group, a count, or a supply that ought to be complete
+2 more meanings
- to hoe: to break up and weed the soil of a field or vineyard by hand
- to support in battle: to join a fighting force as a backer, or to take one's place in its ranks
- eparkeōἐπαρκέωto provide practical help to someone in need, especially material or financial support given out of one's own resources.
- sunantilambanomaiσυναντιλαμβάνομαιto come to someone's aid by taking hold alongside them and carrying a share of the load
- epikouriaἐπικουρίαhelpnot studied yet
- ushעוּשׁto helpnot studied yet
- utעוּתto helpnot studied yet
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