Strong G996βοήθεια
help
- Transliteration
- boētheia
- Pronunciation
- bo-ay'-thi-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G998; aid; specifically a rope or chain for frapping a vessel: - help.
Detailed definition
βοήθεια, -ας, ἡ (see: βοηθέω),
[in LXX for עֵזֶר, etc.;]
help: Heb.4:16; pl., helps, "frapping," a technical nautical term (MM, Exp., x; DB, ext., 367): Act.27:17.†
(AS)
[in LXX for עֵזֶר, etc.;]
help: Heb.4:16; pl., helps, "frapping," a technical nautical term (MM, Exp., x; DB, ext., 367): Act.27:17.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G996 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- help2
First verses
- Acts 27:17Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
- Hebrews 4:16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
βοήθ-εια, ἡ
(Doric dialect βοάθοια [Refs (“SIG” 421.36 (from Thermon)))], help, aid, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.22, etc.; β. τῷ λόγῳ πρός τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 128c; ἡ ὑπὲρ τῶν δικαίων β. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.15)]; βοήθειαν ἔχειν πρὸς ὑγίειαν, πρὸς τὴν ἑκάστου ὑπερβολὴν μηχανᾶσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 651b1, 652a32)]: nominative singular, as exclamation 'help!', [NT+5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 13.8.5: _plural_, 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “Pal.” 33, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.302, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1383a29; αἱ πρὸς εὔπλοιαν β. 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.46, cf. NT.Act.27.17.)]
2 medical aid, cure, κίνδυνος ἰσχυρότερος πάσης β. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 19.)]
II force of auxiliaries, ἡ παρὰ Διονυσίου β. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.20; νεῶν β. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.8: opposed to regular forces, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.32.)]
(Doric dialect βοάθοια [Refs (“SIG” 421.36 (from Thermon)))], help, aid, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.22, etc.; β. τῷ λόγῳ πρός τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 128c; ἡ ὑπὲρ τῶν δικαίων β. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.15)]; βοήθειαν ἔχειν πρὸς ὑγίειαν, πρὸς τὴν ἑκάστου ὑπερβολὴν μηχανᾶσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 651b1, 652a32)]: nominative singular, as exclamation 'help!', [NT+5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 13.8.5: _plural_, 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “Pal.” 33, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.302, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1383a29; αἱ πρὸς εὔπλοιαν β. 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.46, cf. NT.Act.27.17.)]
2 medical aid, cure, κίνδυνος ἰσχυρότερος πάσης β. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 19.)]
II force of auxiliaries, ἡ παρὰ Διονυσίου β. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.20; νεῶν β. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.8: opposed to regular forces, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.32.)]