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“helper” · 21 times in the Old Testament

Through the Bible

Genesis: 2 timesExodus: onceLeviticus: 0 timesNumbers: 0 timesDeuteronomy: 3 timesJoshua: 0 timesJudges: 0 timesRuth: 0 times1 Samuel: 0 times2 Samuel: 0 times1 Kings: 0 times2 Kings: 0 times1 Chronicles: 0 times2 Chronicles: 0 timesEzra: 0 timesNehemiah: 0 timesEsther: 0 timesJob: 0 timesPsalms: 11 timesProverbs: 0 timesEcclesiastes: 0 timesSong of Songs: 0 timesIsaiah: onceJeremiah: 0 timesLamentations: 0 timesEzekiel: onceDaniel: onceHosea: onceJoel: 0 timesAmos: 0 timesObadiah: 0 timesJonah: 0 timesMicah: 0 timesNahum: 0 timesHabakkuk: 0 timesZephaniah: 0 timesHaggai: 0 timesZechariah: 0 timesMalachi: 0 timesMatthew: 0 timesMark: 0 timesLuke: 0 timesJohn: 0 timesActs: 0 timesRomans: 0 times1 Corinthians: 0 times2 Corinthians: 0 timesGalatians: 0 timesEphesians: 0 timesPhilippians: 0 timesColossians: 0 times1 Thessalonians: 0 times2 Thessalonians: 0 times1 Timothy: 0 times2 Timothy: 0 timesTitus: 0 timesPhilemon: 0 timesHebrews: 0 timesJames: 0 times1 Peter: 0 times2 Peter: 0 times1 John: 0 times2 John: 0 times3 John: 0 timesJude: 0 timesRevelation: 0 timesLawHistoryWisdomProphetsGospelsLetters
  • “help” 12
  • “helper” 3
  • “aid” 1
  • “protects you” 1
  • “does my help” 1
  • other ways 3
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Genesis2
Exodus1
Deuteronomy3
Psalms11
Isaiah1
Ezekiel1
Daniel1
Hosea1

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. help12
  2. helper3
  3. against your helper1
  4. aid1
  5. attendants1
  6. does my help1
  7. protects you1
  8. whose help1

With a pronoun joined

Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“help” 12

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 33:7 …but may You be a help against his foes…

  • Psalms 9

    • 20:2 …May He send you help from the sanctuary and…
    • 33:20 …for the LORD He is our help and our shield…
    • 70:5 …me O God You are my help and my deliverer O…
    • 89:19 …said I have bestowed help on a warrior I…
    • 115:9 …in the LORD He is their help and shield…
    • 115:10 …in the LORD He is their help and shield…
    • 115:11 …in the LORD He is their help and shield…
    • 121:2 My help comes from the LORD…
    • 124:8 Our help is in the name…

  • Isaiah 1

    • 30:5 …them They bring neither help nor benefit but only…

  • Daniel 1

    • 11:34 …be granted a little help but many will join…
“helper” 3

  • Genesis 2

    • 2:18 …for him a suitable helper
    • 2:20 …for Adam no suitable helper was found…

  • Exodus 1

    • 18:4 …God of my father was my helper and delivered me from…
“aid” 1

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 33:26 …who rides the heavens to your aid and the clouds in…
“protects you” 1

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 33:29 …He is the shield that protects you the sword in which…
“does my help” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 121:1 …the hills From where does my help come…
“whose help” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 146:5 …Blessed is he whose help is the God of…
“attendants” 1

  • Ezekiel 1

    • 12:14 …to every wind all the attendants around him and all…
“against your helper” 1

  • Hosea 1

    • 13:9 …you are against Me against your helper

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.