Home › Words › B › behelpbehelp/bɪˈhɛlp/behelp means to help (with); give aid or assistance to.behelp is pronounced /bɪˈhɛlp/.EtymologyFrom be- + help. Cognate with Scots behelpe (“to assist”), West Frisian beholpje, Dutch behelpen (“to make do”), German behelfen (“to manage”).verbTo help (with); give aid or assistance to.e.g.“But we live in a good hope of better times and then, hopefully, will this dessign be excuted; Meanwhile I must behelp myself with this boock, so, as I have found it, and so as it is.” — 1713, The records of the Swedish Lutheran churches at Raccoon and Penns NeckDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.helping 72% match — The act of giving aid or assistance (to). vs behelp →bestead 70% match — To help, assist. vs behelp →besteading 69% match — Help; assistance; aid; avail. vs behelp →helpee 68% match — One who is helped. vs behelp →helpingly 64% match — In a way that helps. vs behelp →helpable 64% match — Capable of being helped. vs behelp →assisting 64% match — assistance; help given vs behelp →assist 63% match — To help. vs behelp →