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Prayers for me as a wife!!

  • Writer: Phathiswa Moyo
    Phathiswa Moyo
  • Apr 1, 2023
  • 9 min read

Updated: Oct 4, 2023

I see myself as a wife to Zizamele and Zizamele only and I will not be a girlfriend for too long to Z lest I be discouraged. If he loves me he will labour for like Jacob laboured for his wife Rachel and it felt like a few number of days loo 13 years.




If Zizamele is my God given husband Lord I know I do not have strength to be his stress reliever by my own wisdom but I pray you give capacity cause Zizamele no stress under any circumstances and also to be his stress reliever through the power of the Holy Ghost......


If Zizamele is my God given husband I pray that I be his sense of peace. I pray through your power Lord to be his confidante and prayer partner.


‘êzer - עֵזֶר (Strong's #5828) Help

‘êzer 'Help' עֵזֶר (Strong's #5828)


"And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him." (Genesis 2:18, KJV)

The masculine noun עֵזֶר ‘êzer means "help" (Strong's #5828, x21) as in the names ‘eben-ezer "stone of help" or Ezra "help", often spelled with an א or a ה at the end (Strong's #5830/ #5833). The use of the root verb עֵזֶר ‘âzar (Strong's #5826, x82) in the Hebrew Bible extends to some 80+ occasions, generally of military aid, help and support from a position of supply or strength. The noun is also used of military aid (e.g., Isaiah 30:5; Ezekiel 12:14; Hosea 13:91). David Freedman notes that the possible root behind עֵזֶר ‘êzer may have been either ‘-z-r "to rescue, save" (as the Ugaritic) and/or ‘g-z-r meaning "to be strong". The Hebrew letter (gh)ain probably, like Arabic, having previously had two forms implying two roots that may have later got confused when just one Phoenician sign served for both letters. A survey of עֵזֶר ‘êzer's 20 or so uses reveals strong contexts and parallel terms for might or power, not ones of domestic servitude. Help is paired with shield on several occasions (Psalm 115:9-11). In over 80% of the occasions it is used, it refers to God as help. Another 3 refer to the help of man or armies. In the remaining 2 verses it refers to Adam's need of "help" in Eden, not as workforce, but as partner, as Genesis 2:20 reveals when he names all the animals but finds no "help" suitable, in this sense clearly a companion is being sought. Based on this some commentators have suggested a new translation of v18: "I will make a power/strength corresponding to/equal to man", a relationship of equals. The term "help-mate" is a mishearing of the AV phrase, "an help meet for him" and was used in Darby's 1884 translation, "a helpmate, his like". It is clear from the word's use as a superior force, whether aid, armies or the Almighty, that no sense of inferiority can be implied from the word, if anything the opposite. The LXX, Greek Septuagint translation of the Old Testament, uses the word βοηθοσ boêthos (Strong's #998) to translate עֵזֶר ‘êzer. Of its 45 uses, boêthos is used 42 times to refer to help from a stronger one, from a more secure or strengthened position, without need of reciprocal help. This strengthens the idea of "help" as equal or superior rather than inferior.


BLOG Ezer Kenegdo

Do you ever wonder what your purpose as a woman is? What your identity as a woman is? I’m going to take you back to Genesis where God created woman. In Genesis 2:18 our purpose and true identity as a woman is revealed. I believe this Scripture is misinterpreted by a lot of people, especially women. It is important that we understand it correctly and live up to our full potential. And the Lord God said, 'It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.' - Genesis 2:18 (NKJV) I used to cringe whenever I heard this Bible verse, I went straight into defensive mode. I don’t want to be a “helper” or “help meet”, that sounds so lame. Like I was made to be an assistent or servant to a man. This my dear sisters is a lie, you are made for so much more. In Hebrew the word used is Ezer Kenegdo and this is a difficult word to translate into English or any other language. The meaning of Ezer Kenegdo Ezer has originally two meanings in Hebrew, depending on the pronunciation: to rescue/to save and to be strong. In the Old Testament the word Ezer is used 21 times. We can roughly divide the different Scriptures in three ways the word “Ezer” is used: 1. Ezer used for the woman. Show list of Scriptures 2. Ezer used for nations to whom Israel appealed for military aid. Show list of Scriptures 3. Ezer used for God as Israel’s helper. Show list of Scriptures What these Bible verses have in common is that Ezer is used consistently in military context. The Ezer is a warrior. You are a warrior. The Hebrew word Kenegdo means opposite as to him or corresponding as to him. A woman is no better or less than the man. Man and woman are equally and uniquely created, a perfect fit. Modern day Ezer Kenegdo The word Ezer Kenegdo might be old but the purpose of our existence as women is the same. You are an Ezer Kenegdo. A strong warrior, complementary to man. I love the word complementary. Complementary is what you are, not what you are doing. Complementary is not what you become, you were born complementary to man. Does this mean you can only be whole with a man? No, I don’t think so. I think you will be complete with the right man, and without one you are still God’s beloved daughter. You are a warrior princess and there is nothing you can’t do with the power of the King of kings. The way I see it is that man and woman are like two hands. Your left hand and right hand are in ways the same but also different. You have bones, muscles, veins, skin, nails. And you have fingers and a thumb on each hand. Your left and right hand are the exact opposite of each other, but the one hand is not more important than the other one. One hand might be a little stronger and is your preferred hand, but you can perfectly use each hand on its own. Together your hands can do more. They are even stronger than your preferred hand. You can get more done with less effort when using both hands together. Of course this is only going to work when your one hand is the kenegdo to your other hand. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. - 1 Corinthians 2:12 (NKJV) So what does the modern day Ezer Kenegdo do without a man? She roots and grounds herself in love and strengthens herself by the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 3:16-19). Think of one thing or area in which you have hold yourself back thinking that you shouldn’t or couldn’t do it because you are a woman. Go back to that moment and ask the Holy Spirit to show you what you can do to strengthen yourself in a moment like that. Pray the answer over your life, so you become more deeply grounded in Christ.


God Created Woman as an Ezer Kind of Helper (Genesis 2:18) Article / Produced by TOW Project

What Does Ezer Mean in The Bible? Many opinions of working women have been shaped by the word in Genesis 2:18, "helper." This word therefore merits some greater attention. Was the woman to be merely a helpful assistant to the man? In our day we use the word “helper” in the sense of a plumber's assistant, handing the boss the right wrench for the job. But that is far from the meaning of the Hebrew word used to describe the first woman. What Does The Name Ezer Mean in Hebrew? God created the woman as an ezer. The word ezer occurs twenty-one times in the Old Testament. In two cases it refers to the first woman, Eve, in Genesis 2. Three times it refers to powerful nations Israel called on for help when besieged. In the sixteen remaining cases the word refers to God as our help. He is the one who comes alongside us in our helplessness. That's the meaning of ezer. Because God is not subordinate to his creatures, any idea that an ezer-helper is inferior is untenable. In his book Man and Woman: One in Christ, Philip Payne puts it this way: "The noun used here [ezer] throughout the Old Testament does not suggest 'helper' as in 'servant,' but help, savior, rescuer, protector as in 'God is our help.' In no other occurrence in the Old Testament does this refer to an inferior, but always to a superior or an equal...'help' expresses that the woman is a help/strength who rescues or saves man." While many devout Christians see a woman's function as a subordinate to a man, the word ezer in the original Hebrew overturns that idea. The woman was not created to serve the man, but to serve with the man. Without the woman, the man was only half the story. She was not an afterthought or an optional adjunct to an independent, self-sufficient man. God said in Genesis 2:18 that without her, the man's condition was "not good." God's intention in creating the woman for the man was for the two to be partners in the many tasks involved in stewarding God's creation.


Greek/Hebrew Definitions


Strong's #5828: `ezer (pronounced ay'-zer) from 5826; aid:--help. Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon: ‛êzer 1) help, succour 1a) help, succour 1b) one who helps Part of Speech: noun masculine Relation: from H5826 Usage: This word is used 21 times: Genesis 2:18: "should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him." Genesis 2:20: "but for Adam there was not found a help meet for him." Exodus 18:4: "for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:" Deuteronomy 33:7: "let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou a help to him from his enemies." Deuteronomy 33:26: "of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky." Deuteronomy 33:29: "saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies" Psalms 20:2: "Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;" Psalms 33:20: "waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield." Psalms 70:5: "make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying." Psalms 89:19: "to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen" Psalms 115:9: "trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield." Psalms 115:10: "trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield." Psalms 115:11: "trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield." Psalms 121:1: "the hills, from whence cometh my help." Psalms 121:2: " My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth." Psalms 124:8: " Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth." Psalms 146:5: "Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD" Isaiah 30:5: "that could not profit them, nor be a help nor profit, but a shame," Ezekiel 12:14: "all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword" Daniel 11:34: "Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries." Hosea 13:9: "O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help."

Greek/Hebrew Definitions


Strong's #5829: `Ezer (pronounced ay'-zer) the same as 5828; Ezer, the name of four Israelites:--Ezer. Compare 5827. Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon: ‛êzer Ezer = "treasure" 1) father of Hushah of the sons of Hur 2) a Gadite chief who fought with David 3) a Levite who aided in repairing the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah Part of Speech: noun proper masculine Relation: the same as H5828 Usage: This word is used 4 times: 1 Chronicles 4:4: "And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons" 1 Chronicles 12:9: " Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third," Nehemiah 3:19: "And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah," Nehemiah 12:42: "and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer."

At the end of the “Lost in Translation” series we challenged the women of Flatrions to step up and live out their Biblical femininity.

We began this series by going back to Genesis, specifically Genesis 2:18 which says, “Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.’” The original Hebrew word for helper is “êzer” (pronounced ā-zer) – this word comes from another root word meaning to surround, shield, and fight for. The only other time we see this same word used in scripture, is to describe the way God is our “help," our “êzer" in how he surrounds us and shields us and fights for us.


Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. עֵ֫זֶרnoun masculinePsalm 121:1help, succour; — ׳ע absolute Genesis 2:18 +, suffix עֶזְרִיExodus 18:4, עֶזְרֹהEzekiel 12:14, etc.; —

1 help, succour Isaiah 30:5 ("" הוֺעִיל, opposed to בּשֶׁת, חֶרְמָּה), Daniel 11:34; from ׳י Psalm 20:3; Psalm 121:1; Psalm 121:2; Psalm 124:8; in Psalm 89:20 read נֵזֶר for ׳ע Dy Gr Kau (עֹז Bi Che), compare Hup; מָגֵן עֶזְר֑ךָ Deuteronomy 33:29 (= ׳י).

2 concrete = one who helps (compare 1. עֶזְרָה 2) ׳בְּע (בְּ essent., see ב 17b, Ges§ 119 h, i) Genesis 2:18,20; (J) + Hosea 13:9 (read ׳מִי בְע Che We GuKau Now); collective (without בְּ Ezekiel 12:14 (si vera lectio; Co עֹזְרָיו); especially of ׳מִצָּרָיו י ׳ע Deuteronomy 33:7 (poem), ׳ע + מָגֵן Psalm 33:20; Psalm 115:9; Psalm 115:10; Psalm 115:11, + מְפַלֵּט Psalm 70:6; ׳בְּע (see above) Exodus 18:4 (E), Deuteronomy 33:26 (poem), Psalm 146:4.

 
 
 

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