succour

noun (no plural); verb (succours, succoured, succouring); old use

«succour» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Succour is help given to someone in trouble or need. tree →
To succour someone is to help them when they are in danger or need. (Spelt succor in America.) tree →

In the lessons

in fairy tales, a hero or helper who comes to rescue someone from danger

Examples

The knight came to their succour. tree →
The old woman gave succour to the lost child. tree →
The god promised to succour the weak. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

An old word for help given to someone in danger, especially in battle. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, a hero or helper who comes to rescue someone from danger

Examples

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. (Prophets 2SA.21.17, JPS 1917) tree →
And when the Arameans of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Arameans two and twenty thousand men. (Prophets 2SA.8.5, JPS 1917) tree →
And when the Arameans of Damascus came to succour Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Arameans two and twenty thousand men. (Writings 1CH.18.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «succour» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«succour» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «succour» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«succour» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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