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helpmeet

noun
/ˈhɛlpmiːt/

Etymology

Univerbation of part of a phrase in Genesis 2:18 in the King James Version: “an helpe meet” for Adam (i.e. a helper suitable for him) (help + meet).

  1. derived from *meh₂d-✻ — “to come, meet”
  2. inherited from *mōtijaną✻
  3. inherited from *mōtijan✻
  4. inherited from mētan
  5. inherited from meten
  6. compounded as helpmeet — “help + meet”

Definitions

  1. A helpful partner, particularly a spouse.

    • When he went to Deborah and told her that the Lord had led him to ask her to be his wife, his holy helpmeet, she looked at him for a moment in what seemed to be speechless terror.

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