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help-meet

[help-meet]

help·meet

[help-meet]
noun

Origin:
from the phrase an help meet for him i.e., a help suitable for him, in the Authorized Version of the Bible (1611)
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Help-meet is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Help-meet definition


(Heb. 'ezer ke-negdo; i.e., "a help as his counterpart" = a help suitable to him), a wife (Gen. 2:18-20).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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