Ezrah עֶזְרָה

Ezrah (Hebrew עֶזְרָה, Strong's H5833) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “help”. It occurs 26 times in 25 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Ezrah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Judges

• Judges 5:23
  Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 28:21
  For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the Lord, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.Although Ahaz had taken a portion from the house of the LORD, from the royal palace, and from the princes and had presented it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.

Job

• Job 6:13
  Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me?
• Job 31:21
  If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

Psalms

• Psalm 22:19
  But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
• Psalm 27:9
  Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
• Psalm 35:2
  Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.
• Psalm 38:22
  Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
• Psalm 40:13
  Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
• Psalm 40:17
  But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
• Psalm 44:26
  Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
• Psalm 46:1
  God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
• Psalm 60:11
  Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
• Psalm 63:7
  Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.
• Psalm 70:1
  Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!
• Psalm 71:12
  O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.
• Psalm 94:17
  Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
• Psalm 108:12
  Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 10:3
  And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
• Isaiah 20:6
  And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”
• Isaiah 31:1
  Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
• Isaiah 31:2
  Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 37:7
  Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 4:17
  As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.

Nahum

• Nahum 3:9
  Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).