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The assistance or relief that is given to someone during a period of need, distress, or difficulty: In the parable of the Good Samaritan, the victim of a robbery is given succor by a stranger.
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The Golden Rule in the Bible says, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." This is a command of succor based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount.
Additional translations of succor are: "Whatever you wish that people would do for you, do the same for them."
Two additional sources of succors are in the following biblical books:
- Matthew 7:12, "So whatever you wish that men should do to you, do so to them."
- Luke 6:31, "And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them."
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succor (verb), succors; succored; succoring
To help or to give relief to someone who is in need of help: Many people in other parts of the country volunteered to succor the victims of the recent tornado.
Some people are convinced that it is the responsibility of everyone to succor those who are in need or "to do for others what we would want others to do for us".
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succor, succor, sucker
succor (SUHK uhr) (noun)
Something that provides relief: Reverend Jones has often said that prayer is often the succor for a troubled soul.
succor (SUHK uhr) (verb)
To go to the assistance of something or someone: Bill and his boys group will succor the homeless and take warm blankets to the shelter this evening.
sucker (SUHK uhr) (noun)
1. A lollipop or sweet candy often on a stick: Each of the children was given a sucker at the end of the birthday party.
2. A person who is easily fooled or deceived or who is irresistibly attracted to something: There is a saying that there is a sucker born every minute.
4. New shoots or stems that grow from the roots or the lower part of a plant: The sucker on the rosebush needs to be trimmed so the new blooms will flourish.
2. A person who is easily fooled or deceived or who is irresistibly attracted to something: There is a saying that there is a sucker born every minute.
Bernhard is a sucker for red sports cars and goes to the New Sports Car Shows whenever he can.
3. A fresh water fish, the mouth of which is soft and fleshy: At the aquarium, Joan and the students in her class watched the sucker feed at the bottom of the tank.4. New shoots or stems that grow from the roots or the lower part of a plant: The sucker on the rosebush needs to be trimmed so the new blooms will flourish.
A candy sucker will succor a crying child for at least a few minutes.
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“succor”
Any assistance or help that is given to another person or people during a period of need, distress, or difficulty. (2)
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