helpmeet

[ help-meet ]

/ ˈhɛlpˌmit /

helpmate.

Origin of helpmeet

from the phrase an help meet for him i.e., a help suitable for him, in the Authorized Version of the Bible (1611)

A clergyman has been said to have made love to the helpmeet of his choice out of the Epistle to the Galatians.

The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers |Mary Cholmondeley
The wife of the ruler of a State is called by her husband "My helpmeet."

The Wisdom of Confucius |Epiphanius Wilson
They were married August 17, 1843; and he never had cause to regret his choice, for she proved to him a helpmeet indeed.

Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler |Pardee Butler
What sort of helpmeet she has been he lovingly portrayed in the “Dedication,”—a tender tribute that was fully deserved.

Tennyson's Life and Poetry |Eugene Parsons

Likewise afterwards he takes the rib of Adam and says, "Let us make a helpmeet for man."

Commentary on Genesis, Vol. I |Martin Luther

helpmeet

/ (ˈhɛlpˌmiːt) /

a less common word for helpmate

C17: from the phrase an helpe meet (suitable) for him Genesis 2:18