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Helpless (27 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing
help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant. ...Helpless (27 Occurrences). ...
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Shepherd (76 Occurrences)
... Goats hunt out the best feeding-grounds, but sheep are more helpless and have to
be led to their food (compare Numbers 27:16, 17); nor do they possess the ...
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Ambush (39 Occurrences)
... From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
(Root in WEB YLT RSV NIV). ... He lies in wait to catch the helpless. ...
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Unfortunate (4 Occurrences)
... From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
(See NAS). Psalms 10:10 The helpless are crushed. They collapse. ...
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Lurks (3 Occurrences)
... Psalms 10:9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch
the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net. ...
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Draws (20 Occurrences)
... Psalms 10:9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch
the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net. ...
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Catches (7 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Psalms 10:9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait
to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net. ...
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Seizes (16 Occurrences)
... Psalms 10:9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch
the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net. (See RSV). ...
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Hiding (53 Occurrences)
... From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the
helpless. (See NAS RSV). ... He lies in wait to catch the helpless. ...
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Hapless (3 Occurrences)
... From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
(See RSV). Psalms 10:10 The helpless are crushed. They collapse. ...
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Bible Concordance

Helpless (27 Occurrences)

Matthew 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
(See RSV NIV)

Romans 5:6 For already, while we were still helpless, Christ at the right moment died for the ungodly.
(WEY NAS)

Exodus 23:5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
(See NAS)

Nehemiah 5:5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already; neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.'
(See NAS)

Job 5:16 So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
(See NAS)

Psalms 10:8 He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
(WEB JPS ASV)

Psalms 10:9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 10:10 The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.
(WEB JPS ASV)

Psalms 10:12 Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don't forget the helpless.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 10:14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
(ASV JPS)

Psalms 41:1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
(See NAS)

Psalms 69:20 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.
(See NIV)

Psalms 88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
(See RSV)

Proverbs 28:3 A poor man who oppresseth the helpless is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
(DBY)

Proverbs 28:15 As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
(WEB NIV)

Isaiah 14:30 And the poorest of the land will have food, and those in need will be given a safe resting-place: but your seed will come to an end for need of food, and the rest of you will be put to the sword.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 25:4 For you have been a strong place for the poor and the crushed in their trouble, a safe place from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the wrath of the cruel ones is like a winter storm.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 26:6 It will be crushed under the feet of the poor and the steps of those who are in need.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 51:20 Your sons are overcome, like a roe in a net; they are full of the wrath of the Lord, the punishment of your God.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 6:24 The news of it has come to our ears; our hands have become feeble: trouble has come on us and pain, like the pain of a woman in childbirth.
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 48:45 Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and has devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 49:24 Damascus has grown feeble, she turns herself to flee, and trembling has seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 50:43 The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
(See RSV)

Daniel 10:8 So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
(See NIV)

Daniel 10:16 Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood before me, my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned on me, and I retain no strength.
(See NIV)

Amos 2:7 They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
(See NAS)

Amos 8:6 that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
(See NAS)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant.

2. (a.) Beyond help; irremediable.

3. (a.) Bringing no help; unaiding.

4. (a.) Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of.

Greek

5497. cheiragogos -- leading by the hand
... the hand. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: cheiragogos Phonetic
Spelling: (khi-rag-o-gos') Short Definition: one who leads a helpless person by ...
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772. asthenes -- without strength, weak
... prefix) and sthenes (strong) Definition without strength, weak NASB Word Usage helpless
(1), sick (6), unimpressive (1), weak (12), weak things (1), weaker (1 ...
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1459. egkataleipo -- to leave behind, ie (in a good sense) let ...
... from 1722 , "in"; 2596 , "down"; and 3007 , "to leave") -- properly, left in a
condition of lack ("without"); hence, to feel forsaken (helpless), like left in ...
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Strong's Hebrew

647a. aphunah -- perhaps helpless
... 647, 647a. aphunah. 647b . perhaps helpless. Transliteration: aphunah Short
Definition: overcome. Word Origin from the same as ophan ...
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647. Aphiyach -- perhaps helpless
... 646, 647. Aphiyach. 647a . perhaps helpless. Transliteration: Aphiyach Phonetic
Spelling: (af-ee'-akh) Short Definition: Aphiah. Aphiah ...
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1800b. dal -- low, weak, poor, thin
... Word Origin from dalal Definition low, weak, poor, thin NASB Word Usage depressed
(1), helpless (7), least (1), lowly (2), needy (1), poor (29), poor man (3 ...
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372. Iezer -- "region of help," two Israelites
... (the same as NH0044) NASB Word Usage Iezer (1). Jeezer. From 'iy and ezer; helpless;
Iezer, an Israelite -- Jeezer. see HEBREW 'iy. see HEBREW ezer. 371, 372 ...
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7503. raphah -- sink, relax
... root Definition sink, relax NASB Word Usage abandon* (1), alone* (2), become helpless
(1), become* (1), cease (2), collapses (1), courage* (1), discouraged* (2 ...
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369. ayin -- nothing, nought
... has none (1), has nothing (1), have (5), have i no (1), have no (24), have none
(2), have nothing (2), having a nor (1), having no (2), helpless* (1), incurable ...
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3027. yad -- hand
... fist (1), force (1), four-fifths* (1), guarantor* (1), had (1), hand (859), handed
(1), hands (303), hands* (1), have* (1), help* (1), helpless* (1), herself (1 ...
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410. el -- God, in pl. gods
... gods NASB Word Usage El-berith* (1), God (204), god (16), God's (2), gods (3), helpless*
(1), mighty (3), Mighty One (3), power (1), strong (1). ...
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Library

The Helpless State of the Sinner under Condemnation.
... CHAPTER VII. THE HELPLESS STATE OF THE SINNER UNDER CONDEMNATION. ... "O! doleful,
uncomfortable, helpless state! O wretch that I am, to have reduced myself to it! ...
/.../chapter vii the helpless state.htm

"Now it is Only Thus Helpless and Useless in Religion...
... Address 62: "Now it is only thus helpless and useless in religion� "Now
it is only thus helpless and useless in religion; it is ...
/.../address 62 0 0 now it is.htm

Psalm 142 God is the Hope of the Helpless.
... THE PSALMS OF DAVID PSALM 142 God is the hope of the helpless. CM God is the hope
of the helpless. To God I made my sorrows known,. From God I sought relief; ...
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Psalm 142. God is the Hope of the Helpless.
... THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 142. God is the hope of the helpless.
1 To God I made my sorrows known, From God I sought relief ...
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The Helplessness of the Gospel
... But however great its power and influence, however wonderful its accomplishments,
there are conditions under which it is pitifully helpless, under which it can ...
/.../naylor/heart talks/talk fifty-one the helplessness of.htm

Early Afflictions
... "Misery stole me at my birth And cast me helpless on the wild." ... In my fifteenth year
I became a helpless invalid, and lay in bed for five months at one time. ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter ii early afflictions.htm

Christ the Great Physician.
... The idea is, that if one has but a comparatively small amount of sin, he is not
wholly lost and utterly helpless, and wholly dependent on Christ. ...
/.../viii christ the great physician.htm

Impossible with Man, Possible with God
... the spiritual life: "It is impossible for me, my God; let there be an end of the
flesh and all its powers, an end of self, and let it be my glory to be helpless ...
/.../murray/absolute surrender/impossible with man possible with.htm

The Withered Hand
... Therefore there is no touch, neither is the helpless man bidden to take up any
burden, or instigated to the slightest ritual irregularity. ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 3 1-6 the withered hand.htm

Christ and Pilate: the True King and his Counterfeit
... The One is helpless, bound, alone; the other invested with all the externals of
power. But which is the stronger? ... 'Thou a king? '"poor helpless peasant! ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/christ and pilate the true.htm

Subtopics

Helpless

Related Terms

Shepherd (76 Occurrences)

Ambush (39 Occurrences)

Unfortunate (4 Occurrences)

Lurks (3 Occurrences)

Draws (20 Occurrences)

Catches (7 Occurrences)

Seizes (16 Occurrences)

Hiding (53 Occurrences)

Hapless (3 Occurrences)