Definition of Helpmeet

1. Noun. A helpful partner.

Exact synonyms: Helpmate
Generic synonyms: Better Half, Married Person, Mate, Partner, Spouse

Definition of Helpmeet

1. n. A wife; a helpmate.

Definition of Helpmeet

1. Noun. A helpful partner, particularly a spouse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Helpmeet

1. a helpmate [n -S] - See also: helpmate

Medical Definition of Helpmeet

1. 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) See: Helpmate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Helpmeet

helping out
helping profession
helping verb
helping verbs
helpingly
helpings
helpless
helplessly
helplessness
helplessnesses
helpline
helplines
helply
helpmate
helpmates
helpmeet (current term)
helpmeets
helps
helps out
helpsheet
helpsheets
helpsome
helpt
helpworthy
helsinki declaration
helter
helter-skelter
helter-skelters
helters
helve

Literary usage of Helpmeet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Light and truth: or, Bible thoughts and themes by Horatius Bonar (1870)
"PAUL'S LOVING helpmeet. ' The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus ; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: but, when he was in ..."

2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... and woman out of the earth ; but Genes» ii. represents that Adam was alone, and ETC was made out of a, fib, and was given to Adam ая а helpmeet for him. ..."

3. The Pioneer Mothers of America: A Record of the More Notable Women of the by Harry Clinton Green, Mary Wolcott Green (1912)
"... sharing his labours in forest and field, as well as his cares and compensations at home—Necessity compelled her to become man's real helpmeet, and their ..."

4. The Pioneer Mothers of America: A Record of the More Notable Women of the by Harry Clinton Green, Mary Wolcott Green (1912)
"... sharing his labours in forest and field, as well as his cares and compensations at home—Necessity compelled her to become man's real helpmeet, and then- ..."

5. Transformed, Or, the History of a River Thief: Briefly Told by Jerry McAuley (1876)
"A helpmeet IN THE LORD. " Working, O Christ, with thee, Working with thee, Unworthy, ... She is truly a helpmeet from the Lord to me. She was, like myself, ..."

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