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holpen meaning in the KJV

Holpen is an older form meaning helped.

Meaning in context

Holpen is used where present-day English usually uses helped. In Psalm 86:17 it appears with hast and concerns the help and comfort the speaker has received from the LORD.

Luke 1:54 uses holpen of God’s help toward his servant Israel in the song of Mary. The surrounding passage places that help in the setting of remembered mercy and the promise to Abraham.

Helped, help, and holpen are distinct English spellings. The totals here cover holpen only, and the first occurrence is an English-word result in canonical Bible order rather than a claim about when help first occurs as a theme.

KJV examples

Psalms 86:17 KJV

Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.

Holpen concerns the help and comfort received from the LORD.

Luke 1:54 KJV

He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;

Holpen describes God’s help toward his servant Israel.

Daniel 11:34 KJV

Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.

The phrase describes being helped with a little help.

First exact-word occurrence

Psalms 83:8 KJV

Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

This is the earliest occurrence of this exact English spelling in canonical KJV Bible order. A related word form, a subject, or a person may appear earlier.

Find every occurrence

The exact English word holpen appears 5 times in 5 KJV verses. Counts ignore letter case and exclude other spellings and word forms.

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Study method

These explanations are separate study notes. Every Scripture quotation above is copied from the existing KJV chapter text. Read the whole chapter and compare the setting before applying a meaning to another occurrence.