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# 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

1. Succour is help given to someone in trouble or need. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succour/#m1)
2. To succour someone is to help them when they are in danger or need. (Spelt succor in America.) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succour/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succour/#x1)
- The old woman gave succour to the lost child. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succour/#x2)
- The god promised to succour the weak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succour/#x3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/succour/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/succour/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/succour/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «succour» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/succour/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«succour» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/succour.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «succour» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/succour/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«succour» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/succour.html) on Mova free.