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[help-meet] 
–noun
| helpmate. |
Origin:
from the phrase an help meet for him i.e., a help suitable for him, in the Authorized Version of the Bible (1611)
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 (hělp'mēt') n. A helpmate. [From misunderstanding of the phrase an help meet for him, a helper suitable for him (Adam), in Genesis 2:18, referring to Eve.] |
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Helpmeet
Help"meet`\, n. [See Helpmate.] A wife; a helpmate. The Lord God created Adam, . . . and afterwards, on his finding the want of a helpmeet, caused him to sleep, and took one of his ribs and thence made woman. --J. H. Newman.
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