Topic
Help
17 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 2:18ISBE
¶ And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
- Genesis 2:20ISBE
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
- Psalms 20:2ISBE
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
- Psalms 33:20ISBE
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
- Psalms 42:5ISBE
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
- Psalms 46:1ISBE
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Psalms 115:9ISBE
O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
- Psalms 115:10ISBE
O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
- Psalms 115:11ISBE
Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
- Psalms 121:2ISBE
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
- Isaiah 41:10ISBE
¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Isaiah 41:13ISBE
For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
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- Isaiah 41:14 ISBE
- Matthew 15:25 ISBE
- Mark 9:22 ISBE
- Mark 9:24 ISBE
- Romans 8:26 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 17 references
With the sense of that which brings aid, support, or deliverance, "help" (noun and vb.) represents a large variety of words in Hebrew and Greek (noun 7, verb 16). A principal Hebrew word is `azar, "to help," with the corresponding nouns `ezer, `ezrah; a chief Greek word is boetheo (Mt 15:25; Mr 9:22,24, etc.). True help is to be sought for in Yahweh, in whom, in the Old Testament, the believer is constantly exhorted to trust, with the renouncing of all other confidences (Ps 20:2; 33:20; 42:5; 46:1; 115:9,10,11; 121:2; Isa 41:10,13,14, etc.). In Ro 8:26 it is said, "the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity," the verb here (sunantilambanetai) having the striking meaning of to "take hold along with one." In the story of Eden, Eve is spoken of as "a help meet" for Adam (Ge 2:18,20). The idea in "meet" is not so much "suitability," though that is implied, as likeness, correspondence in nature (Vulgate, similem sibi). One like himself, as taken from him, the woman would be an aid and companion to the man in his tasks.
James Orr
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.