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Definitions: Helen |
HelenNoun1. (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Helen" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a torch", "a corposant", "the moon". |
Date "Helen" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Helen The type of female beauty, more especially in those who have reached womanhood. Daughter of Zeus and Leda, and wife of Menelaos, King of Sparta. "She moves a goddess and she looks a queen." Pope: Homer's Iliad, iii. The Helen of Spain. Cava or Florinda, daughter of Count Julian. (See Cava.) St. Helen's fire (feu d'Héèe); also called Feu St. Helme (St. Helme's or St. Elmo's fire); and by the Italians "the fires of St. Peter and St. Nicholas." Meteoric fires seen occasionally on the masts of ships, etc. If the flame is single, foul weather is said to be at hand; but if two or more flames appear, the weather will improve. (See Castor.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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According to Roman mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces to Zeus while at the same time bearing Castor and Clytemnestra to her father and husband Tyndareus, the King of Sparta. In some versions, Helen is a daughter of Nemesis, the goddess of vengeance.
As the story goes, Zeus cohabited with Leda in the form of a swan on the same night as her husband, King Tyndareus. To the former she gave birth to Helen and Polydeuces, and to the latter, Clytemnestra and Castor. In some versions she laid two eggs from which the children hatched.
Two Athenians, Theseus and Pirithous, pledged to marry daughters of Zeus. Theseus chose Helen, and he and Pirithous kidnapped her and decided to hold onto her until she was old enough to marry. Pirithous chose Persephone. They left Helen with Theseus' mother, Aethra and travelled to the underworld, domain of Persephone and her husband, Hades. Hades pretended to offer them hospitality and set a feast; as soon as the pair sat down, snakes coiled around their feet and held them there.
When it was time for Helen to marry, many Greek kings and princes came to seek her hand or sent emissaries to do so on their behalf. Among the contenders were Odysseus, Menetheus, Ajax the Great, Patroclus and Idomeneus, but the favourite was Menelaus who did not come in person but was represented by his brother Agamemnon, both of whom were in exile, having fled Thyestes. All but Odysseus brought many and rich gifts with them.
Tyndareus would accept none of the gifts, nor would he send any of the suitors away for fear of offending them and giving grounds for a quarrel. Odysseus promised to solve the problem in a satisfactory manner if Tyndareus would support him in his courting of Penelope, the daughter of Icarius. Tyndareus readily agreed and Odysseus proposed that, before the decision was made, all the suitors should swear a most solemn oath to defend the chosen husband against whoever should quarrel with the chosen one. This stratagem succeeded and Helen and Menelaus were married. Following Tyndareus' death, Menelaus became king of Sparta because the only male heirs, Castor and Polydeuces, had died and ascended to Mt. Olympus.
Some years later, Paris, a Trojan prince came to Sparta to marry Helen, whom he had been promised by Aphrodite. Helen fell in love with him and left willingly, leaving behind Menelaus and Hermione, their nine-year-old daughter.
Menelaus called upon all the other suitors to fulfill their oaths, thus beginning the Trojan War. Virtually all of Greece took part, either attacking Troy with Menelaus or defending it from them.
Helen's relationship with Paris varies depending on the source of the story. In some, she loved him dearly (perhaps caused by Aphrodite, who had promised her to Paris). In others, she was a cruel, selfish woman who brought disaster to everyone around her, and she hated him. One version claims Hermes fashioned a likeness of her out of clouds at Zeus' request, and Helen never even went to Troy.
When Paris died in the war, his brother, Deiphobus, married Helen. He was then killed by Menelaus. Helen returned to Sparta with Menelaus. After Menelaus' death, Helen was exiled by their son, Megapenthes.
This is why Helen was often known as "the face that launched a thousand ships". Note that the idea of Helen's face launching a thousand ships is postclassical - it comes from Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, in which Helen makes a cameo, but well-remembered, appearance.
"Is this the face that launched a thousand ships And burned the topless towers of Ilium?"
Homer. Iliad; Homer. Odyssey; Euripides. Electra; Apollodorus. Bibliotheke III, x,7-xi, 1; Apollodorus. Epitome II, 15-III, 6; V, 22; VI, 29; Plutarch. Theseus.
An estimation of her life based on the traditional dates of the Trojan War:
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There are several women named Helen, including:
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
HELEN | English | Investigation into Greek language transliteration problems | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: HelenSynonym: Helen of Troy (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Helen |
| English words defined with "Helen": Anne Mansfield Sullivan, Anne Sullivan ♦ blue, blueish, bluish ♦ dark-blue ♦ Helen Adams Keller, Helen Hayes, Helen Hunt Jackson, Helen Keller, Helen Laura Sumner Woodbury, Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson, Helen Newington Wills, Helen of Troy, Helen Porter Mitchell, Helen Traubel, Helen Wills, Helen Wills Moody ♦ Keller ♦ Leda, light-blue ♦ Menelaus ♦ Sullivan ♦ to boot, Trojan War. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Helen": Amphialus ♦ CASTOR AND POLLOX ♦ Deans ♦ Helen Keller mode, Helen of One's Troy ♦ Nicean Barks ♦ Omission ♦ PARIS ♦ Rowland ♦ story ♦ TROY ♦ ULYSSES ♦ William. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Helen" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (cure, heal, recover, remedy), German (Helen), Russian (Nell, Nellie, Nelly 1), Serbo-Croatian (hellene, hellenic), Turkish (hellene). |
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Screenplays | If not for me, Helen, do it for your country! (True Lies; writing credit: Claude Zidi; Simon Michal) Helen the Waitress, Simon the Fag. (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus.) So let me get this straight, Helen walked in on you and Lydia and she won't talk to you and Lydia's broken up with you. (Sliding Doors; writing credit: Peter Howitt.) Helen, if I could just park in your mental multi-story a moment (Drop the Dead Donkey; writing credit: Andy Hamilton; Guy Jenkin) Three Witches have heads But they'll sever them all The head of Helen is the third that must fall All the Kings horses and all the Kings men cannot put the witches together again. (The Undead; writing credit: Charles B. Griffith; Mark Hanna) | |
Lyrics | A stage is like each bolt of wood, like a log of Helen, is my pleasure. ("Babelogue"; performing artist: Patti Smith) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Helen of Troy (2003) The Helen Reddy Show (1973) Queen of the Nautch Girls Helen (1973) Helen Bedd (1973) Crime of Helen Stanley (1934) | |
Song Titles | Helen Wheels (performing artist: Paul McCartney & Wings) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Mount St Helen, WA.Credit: NASA. |  | Gusty Chocknok, skipper of the F/V HELEN MARG out of Togiak Bay. Salmon gillnetter operating in Bristol Bay.Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Gillnetter F/V HELEN MARG putting out net for salmon in Bristol Bay.Credit: Fisheries. |  | "View of Cotopaxi" - Title page of: "Researches Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America," by Alexander von Humboldt and translated by Helen Maria Williams, 1814. Vol. I. Library Call Number C/gLH919.Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
 | "Statue of an Azteck Priestess" in: "Researches Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America," by Alexander von Humboldt and translated by Helen Maria Williams, 1814. Vol. I, p. 43. Library Call Number C/gLH919.Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | Steam whaling-bark Mary & Helen, of New Bedford, Massachusetts Afterwards the Rodgers of the Jeanette search expedition Drawing by C. S. Raleigh.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
 | Anita DeWulf, Clinton County SWCD Commissioner; Warren Cook, Clinton Co. SWCD Commissioner; Connie Ramirez, NRCS District Conservationist; Audrey DeScheppper, technician; Jerry Mall; and Helen Atkinson, Muscatine County SWCD Secretary, discuss local conse.Credit: Tim McCabe. |  | Alex and Helen Doborsky work on a puzzle in the recreation area of the EEI facility in Dallas, PA.Credit: USDA. |
 | Caption: Edison Listening to Helen Davis Singing, Victor Young at the Piano, in the Music Room of Bldg. 5; West Orange, NJ; 1912; {14.225/137} (jpg). |  | [Peggy Helen Brown Erlington].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Helen Hunt Jackson | Oh, write of me, not ''Died in bitter pains,'' but ''Emigrated to another star!'' |
| O suns and skies and clouds of June, and flowers of June together. Ye cannot rival for one hour October's bright blue weather. | |
Helen Keller | One cannot consent to creep when one has an impulse to soar. |
| Keep your face to the sunshine and all the shadows will fall behind you. | |
| Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. | |
| My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious. | |
| Truly each new book is as a ship that bears us away from the fixity of our limitations into the movement and splendor of life's infinite ocean. | |
| I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers. | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | In November, 1999 a new government was elected led by Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, Helen Clark. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
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| "Helen" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Helen" is used about 2,715 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 2,715 | 3,382 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Helen" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Helen | First name Female | 663,000 | 15 |
| Helen | Last name | 200 | 33,649 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Helen" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a torch", "a corposant", "the moon". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Helen." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Elena | Female | Bulgarian | Helen |
| Helena | Female | Dutch | Helen |
| Elaine | Female | English | Helen |
| Eleanor | Female | English | Helen |
| Ellen | Female | English | Helen |
| Helen | Female | English | N/A |
| Eliina | Female | Finnish | Helen |
| Elina | Female | Finnish | Helen |
| Helena | Female | Finnish | Helen |
| Ilona | Female | Finnish | Helen |
| Hélène | Female | French | Helen |
| Helena | Female | German | Helen |
| Helene | Female | German | Helen |
| Lene | Female | German | Helen |
| Leni | Female | German | Helen |
| Elene | Female | Greek | Helen |
| Ili | Female | Hungarian | Helen |
| Ilka | Female | Hungarian | Helen |
| Ilona | Female | Hungarian | Helen |
| Ilonka | Female | Hungarian | Helen |
| Léan | Female | Irish | Helen |
| Elena | Female | Italian | Helen |
| Jelena | Female | Latvian | Helen |
| Elena | Female | Macedonian | Helen |
| Helena | Female | Polish | Helen |
| Helena | Female | Portuguese | Helen |
| Elena | Female | Romanian | Helen |
| Ileana | Female | Romanian | Helen |
| Elena | Female | Russian | Helen |
| Elin | Female | Scandinavian | Helen |
| Helena | Female | Scandinavian | Helen |
| Jelena | Female | Serbian | Helen |
| Alenka | Female | Slovene | Helen |
| Elena | Female | Spanish | Helen |
| Olena | Female | Ukrainian | Helen |
| Elen | Female | Welsh | Helen |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Helen of Troy Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Helen, GA (city, FIPS 37788) |
Expressions using "Helen": Helen Adams Keller ♦ Helen Hayes ♦ Helen Hunt Jackson ♦ Helen Keller ♦ Helen Keller mode ♦ Helen Laura Sumner Woodbury ♦ Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson ♦ Helen Newington Wills ♦ Helen of Troy ♦ Helen Porter Mitchell ♦ Helen Traubel ♦ Helen Wills ♦ Helen Wills Moody ♦ Lake Helen ♦ Saint Helen ♦ St. Helen ♦ typhoon helen. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "Helen": Mara-helen, Mirror-helen. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
helen hunt | 1,109 |
helen keller | 986 |
helen georgia | 907 |
helen ga | 813 |
helen troy | 515 |
helen | 502 |
helen mirren | 352 |
helen hunt nude | 228 |
helen radcliffe | 183 |
helen steiner rice | 182 |
helen slater | 180 |
baylor biography helen | 176 |
helen duval | 165 |
helen reddy | 125 |
helen joke keller | 96 |
helen baxendale | 82 |
helen keller picture | 79 |
helen shaver | 73 |
helen hunt naked | 72 |
glen helen | 67 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Helen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | heo-deo (boy, diacetylmorphine, diamorphine, Henry, heroin, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady), dope (boy, diacetylmorphine, diamorphine, dope, Henry, heroin, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Helena. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | Heleno. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | harry (Henry), héro (Henry), horse (Henry), Hélène, scag (Henry), poudre (heaven-dust, Henry), naphtaline (Henry), smack (Henry), tigre (Henry), thing (Henry), antigel (Henry), dreupou (Henry), Dame Blanche (Henry, her), chnouf (Henry), cheval (Henry), caballo (Henry), brune (Henry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Horse (boy, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady), Helen, Harry (boy, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady), H (b, h, Henry, high, horse, hour, Hydrogen, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, Saint, scag, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady), White Speed (boy, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady), White Lady (bernice, bernie's flake, big C, blow, bouncing power, boy, cadillac, champagne of drugs, charley, charlie, coke, dama blanca, flake, gold dust, green gold, happy trails, Henry, her, horse, jam, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, lady, Mrs.White, nose candy, peanut butter, pimp's drug, scag, she, smack, snow, stardust, tool, toot, uptown, white boy, white girl, white lady), Schübe (boy, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady), Scag (boy, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady), Junk (boy, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, junk, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady), Gift (bane, boy, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, poison, scag, smack, toxin, venom, white boy, white girl, white lady). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Ελένη, άσπρη (boy, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | helen nevû tájfun (typhoon helen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | neve (bernice, bernie's flake, big C, blow, bouncing power, boy, cadillac, champagne of drugs, charley, charlie, coke, dama blanca, flake, gold dust, green gold, happy trails, Henry, her, horse, jam, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, lady, Mrs.White, nose candy, peanut butter, pimp's drug, scag, she, smack, snow, stardust, tool, toot, uptown, white boy, white girl, white lady), ero (boy, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Eaylee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elenhay heroa (boy, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady), tigre (boy, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, puss, scag, smack, tiger, white boy, white girl, white lady), poeira (boy, dirt, dust, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, smack, textile flock, white boy, white girl, white lady), pó (boy, clay, cosmetic powder, crock, dust, earthenware, fug, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, powder, scag, smack, suede crock, white boy, white girl, white lady), cavalo (bearing vine, boy, Bronco, doberman, female vine, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, knight, Mrs.White, nag, peanut butter, roadster, scag, smack, stock, white boy, white girl, white lady), bomba (bomb, boy, cannon, Henry, horse, Hypodermic needle used for injecting drugs, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, nail, needle, peanut butter, point, pump, scag, sharp, shell, smack, spike, white boy, white girl, white lady). (various references) хелен, Элен, Елена (Helena). (various references) helena. (various references) horse (boy, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady), hors (boy, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady), tatano (boy, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady), potro (boy, colt, foal, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, pony, rack, scag, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady), jors (boy, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady), jaco (boy, Henry, horse, jee jee, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady), caballo (boy, dislocation, disturbance, Dobbin, drafter, equine, hack, Henry, horse, jee jee, jibber, jojee, Jones, joy powder, knight, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, smack, starter, vaulter, white boy, white girl, white lady), burra (boy, Henry, horse, jee jee, jenny-ass, jojee, Jones, joy powder, Mrs.White, peanut butter, scag, she-ass, smack, white boy, white girl, white lady). (various references) หญิงสาวสวยในเทพปกรนัมกรีกที่เป็นชนวนสงครามทรอย. (various references) Elen (Ellen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Job Chapter 5, Verse 18 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | AutoV gar algein poiei kai palin apokaqisthsin epaisen kai ai ceireV autou iasanto |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quia ipse vulnerat et medetur percutit et manus eius sanabunt |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For he woundeth, and lecheth; smyteth, and his hondis shuln helen. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Job Chapter 5, Verse 18 |
| Albanian | sepse ai e bën plagën, dhe pastaj e fashon, plagos, por duart e tij shërojnë. |
| Bulgarian | Защото Той наранява, Той и превързва; Поразява, и Неговите ръце изцеляват. |
| Cebuano | Kay siya magahatag sa sakit ug pagabugkosan; Siya magasamad ug ang iyang mga kamot maoy magaayo. |
| Chinese | 為 他 " 、 又 纏 裹 ． 他 " 傷 、 " 手 醫 治 。 |
| Croatian | On ranjava, ali i ranu povija, udara i svojom zacjeljuje rukom. |
| Danish | Thi han sårer, og han forbinder, han slår, og hans Hænder læger. |
| Dutch | Want Hij doet smart aan, en Hij verbindt; Hij doorwondt, en Zijn handen helen. |
| Finnish | Sillä hän haavoittaa, ja hän sitoo; lyö murskaksi, mutta hänen kätensä myös parantavat. |
| French | Il fait la plaie, et il la bande; Il blesse, et sa main guérit. |
| German | Denn er verletzt und verbindet; er zerschlägt und seine Hand heilt. |
| Haitian Creole | Lè li blese ou, se li menm ankò k'ap mete renmèd pou ou. Lè li frape ou, se li menm ankò k'ap geri ou. |
| Hungarian | Mert õ megsebez, de be is kötöz, összezúz, de kezei meg is gyógyítanak. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sebab Allah yang menyakiti, Ia pula yang mengobati. Dan tangan-Nya yang memukuli, juga memulihkan kembali. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | karena Ia melukakan dan Iapun membebat, Ia menyesah dan tangan-Nyapun menyembuhkan pula. |
| Italian | perché egli fa la piaga e la fascia, ferisce e la sua mano risana. |
| Korean | 하 나 님 은 아 " 게 하 시 다 가 싸 매 시 며, 상 하 게 하 시 다 가 그 손 으 로 치 시 나 니 |
| Maori | He whakamamae hoki tana, he takai ano; e patu ana ia, a ko ona ringa ano hei whakaora. |
| Modern Greek | διοτι αυτος πληγονει και επιδενει· κτυπα, και αι χειρες αυτου ιατρευουσιν. |
| Norwegian | For han sårer, og han forbinder; han slår, og hans hender læger. |
| Portuguese | Pois ele faz a ferida, e ele mesmo a liga; ele fere, e as suas mãos curam. |
| Rumanian | El face rana, wi tot El o leagq; El rqnewte, wi mkna Lui tqmqduiewte. |
| Russian | Й'П пО ТЙЮЙОСЕФ ТБОЩ Й уБН П'ЧСЪЩЧБЕФ ЙИ; пО ПТБЦБЕФ, Й еЗП ЦЕ ТХЛЙ ЧТБЮХАФ. |
| Spanish | Porque él hace doler, pero también venda; él golpea, pero sus manos sanan. |
| Swedish | Ty om han och sargar, så förbinder han ock, om han slår, så hela ock hans händer. |
| Thai | เพราะพระองค์ทรงให้บา"เจ็บ แต่พระองค์ทรงพันแผลให้ พระองค์โบยตี แต่พระหัตถ์ของพระองค์ทรงรักษา |
| Ukrainian | Бо 'ін рану завдасть і перев'яже, 'ін лама" й вигоюють руки Його! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Helen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ehle, ehlen, Elen, Ghelew, Haenlein, halen, Halken, Halpen, Helan, heleen, helfen, helin, hellen, Helno, helon, helpen, Helsel, Henlan, Henlein, Heren, Herlin, Heslin, heuen, hexen, Heylen, Hilken, Hizen, hlen, Hoeven, Holne, Holon, Hulun, hylen, Yeelen, Zelen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-l-n" | |
-1 letter: heel. | |
-2 letters: eel, hen, lee, nee. | |
-3 letters: eh, el, en, he, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-l-n" | |
+2 letters: echelon, elenchi, enwheel, heeling, hemline, henlike, lethean, theelin. | |
+3 letters: anethole, beholden, blenched, blencher, blenches, chenille, clenched, clencher, clenches, echelons, elaphine, elenchic, elenchus, elephant, eleventh, enhaloed, enhaloes, enwheels, ethylene, exhalent, flenched, flenches, haleness, hanseled, hazelhen, headline, heavenly, heelings, hellbent, helmsmen, hemlines, hotelmen, hymeneal, kneehole, leathern, leeching, lengthen, lichened, penuchle, phenetol, pinwheel, plenches, rehandle, sheenful, telethon, theelins, unhealed, unhelmed, unhelped, whalemen, wheeling, wheelman, wheelmen. | |
+4 letters: anetholes, anopheles, blenchers, cellphone, challenge, chameleon, chandelle, channeled, channeler, chenilles, clenchers, echeloned, elephants, elevenths, encephala, englished, englishes, enlighten, entelechy, enwheeled, ethylenes, ethylenic, exhalents, fellaheen, fleeching, fleshment, halfpence, handseled, handwheel, hanselled, hazelhens, headlined, headliner, headlines, hellenize, helmeting, herculean, hymeneals, kneeholes, lechering, lengthens, lengthier, lightened, lightener, litheness, meanwhile, metheglin, methylene, natheless, nepheline, nephelite, nosewheel, oenophile, penholder, penuchles, phellogen, phenetols, phenolate, pinwheels, plenished, plenishes, polythene, rechannel, rehandled, rehandles, reheeling, replenish, reshingle, schlieren, seneschal, shoreline, telephone, telephony, telethons, unleashed, unleashes, unshelled, whalebone, wheedling, wheelings, wheelsman, wheelsmen, wheepling, wholeness, xenophile. | |
+5 letters: adherently, anopheline, antechapel, anthelices, anthelixes, blethering, cellophane, cellphones, cephalexin, chainwheel, challenged, challenger, challenges, chameleons, chandelier, chandelled, chandelles, changeable, changeless, channelers, channelize, channelled, chatelaine, clomiphene, coherently, echeloning, encashable, encephalon, endothelia, enkephalin, enlightens, enthalpies, enthralled, enwheeling, euryhaline, fleshiness, fleshments, halenesses, halfnesses, halogenate, handleable, handleless, handselled, handwheels, headliners, heavenlier, hellbender, hellenized, hellenizes, hemelytron, herrenvolk, heulandite, holinesses, holoenzyme, homeliness, hornblende, houseclean, humbleness, hymeneally, hyperplane, hyphenless, inherently, keelhaling, leathering, lederhosen, lengthened, lengthener, lengthiest, lengthwise, leprechaun, lighteners, longheaded, lunkheaded, lushnesses, manchineel, meanwhiles, mellophone, menarcheal, metheglins, methylenes, needlefish, nephelines, nephelinic, nephelites, nonathlete, nosewheels, oenophiles, overhandle, overlength, penholders, perihelion, phellogens, phenolated, phenolates, phenomenal, pigeonhole, pinwheeled, planchette, polythenes, prehensile, quenchable, quenchless, rechannels, relaunched, relaunches, reshingled, reshingles, seneschals, sheltering, shinleaves, shorelines, shovelnose, telephoned, telephoner, telephones, telephonic, telphering, unbeholden, unbleached, unblenched, unchewable, unclenched, unclenches, underwhelm, unheralded, unhouseled, unshielded, vehemently, wavelength, whalebones, xenophiles. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 6C 65 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... . .-.. . -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01101100 01100101 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e l e n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 006C 0065 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4271787180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Names: Frequency 12. Names: Derived from | 13. Names: Company Usage 14. Cities 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Bible Trace 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Anagrams 23. Orthography 24. Bibliography |
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