Words the Bible translates as helper
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hupēretēsὑπηρέτηςan authorized subordinate who carries out a higher authority's orders: an officer, attendant, or commissioned agent within a chain of command
- ezerעֵזֶרhelp, or one who helps: aid given to someone who cannot manage alone, and by far most often the aid God himself supplies.
- sunergosσυνεργόςfellow worker: one who labors alongside another in a shared task, especially a partner in gospel ministry
- paraklētosπαράκλητοςsomeone called to a person's side to help, support, and speak for them before a higher authority
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