Strong G997βοηθέω
to help
- Transliteration
- boētheō
- Pronunciation
- bo-ay-theh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G998; to aid or relieve: - help succour.
Detailed definition
βοηθέω, -ῶ
(βοή + θέω, to run), [in LXX chiefly for עזר;]
to come to aid, to help, succour: absol., Act.21:28; with dative, Mat.15:25, Mrk.9:22, 24 Act.16:9, 2Co.6:2" (LXX), Heb.2:18, Rev.12:16.†
(AS)
(βοή + θέω, to run), [in LXX chiefly for עזר;]
to come to aid, to help, succour: absol., Act.21:28; with dative, Mat.15:25, Mrk.9:22, 24 Act.16:9, 2Co.6:2" (LXX), Heb.2:18, Rev.12:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G997 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- help5
- succour2
- thou1
First verses
- Matthew 15:25Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
- Mark 9:22And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
- Mark 9:24And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
- Acts 16:9And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
- Acts 21:28Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
- 2 Corinthians 6:2(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
- Hebrews 2:18For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
- Revelation 12:16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
βοηθ-έω
(sometimes written βοιηθέω, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.237 (4th c.BC), “BGU” 1007.12 (3rd c.BC)))], Ionic dialect βωθέω, only [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus βωθέοντες, not in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (but compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 812.59) or 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus)], compare βοηθήσω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Michel” 12.15 (Erythrae, 4th c.BC))]; Doric dialect βοᾱθοέω [Refs (“SIG” 421.27 (from Thermon))]; Aeolic dialect βαθόημι (which see):—middle, future -ήσομαι[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 1.128)]:—come to aid, succour, assist, aid, with dative, τῇ σφετέρῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.82; τοῖσιν ἠδικημένοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 79; πρὸς τοὺς αὑτῶν ψιλούς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.3; τινὶ ἀντία τινός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.99; τινὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄναντες 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.38)]; ναυσὶ β. τινί πολιορκουμένῳ[Refs ([prev. work] 1.6.22; β. τοῖς φίλοις τὰ δίκαια [prev. author] “Mem.” 2.6.25)]; β. τοῖς τῶν προγόνων ἀτυχήμασιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.169; β. τῷ λόγῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 88e)]; β. τῷ θεῷ maintain his rights, Epist. Philipp. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.157; β. τοῖς νόμοις 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.33: with _dative_ et _accusative_, πατρὶ βοηθῶν θάνατον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 874c)]; of a physician, β. τῷ θερμῷ ἐπὶ τὸ ψυχρόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 13: _absolutely_, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 19.)]
2 absolutely, come to the rescue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30, 7.158, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 613, etc.; β. παρά τινα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.57)]; ἐπί τινα against one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.62, 4.125, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126, etc.)]; β. ἐς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.103)]; ἐπὶ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.97, 4.72; ἐπὶ τὰς ναῦς [prev. author] 8.11; ἐκεῖσε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.41)]; β. πρός τι contribute to an object, see reading in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1155a14, compare “Metaphorical” 1079b16)], or keep it off, [Refs ([prev. author] “Resp.” 474b24, “HA” 621a13)]; χρήμασι with money, [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1130a19: in Medicine texts, βοηθεῖ πρὸς τὸ κώνειον)] it is an antidote to.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.20.1; frequently in 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus as β. τοῖς φαγοῦσι 4.83.)]
3 passive, to be assisted, receive help, παρά τινος [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1383b28; βοηθήσομαι LXX.Dan.11.34, but βοηθηθήσομαι LXX.Isa.44.2)]; ἐβοήθην[LXX+2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 10.3, LXX.2Ch.26.15 (variant{ἐβοηθήθην}); ἵν᾽ ὦ βεβοηθημένη “PRyl.” 122.12 (2nd c.AD))]; especially of patients, derive benefit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.82, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.687f: _impersonal_, ἐμοὶ βεβοήθηται τῷ τεθνεῶτι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.31; ταύτῃ μοι βεβοηθημένον ἐγεγόνει φιλοσοφίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 347e.)]
(sometimes written βοιηθέω, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 22.237 (4th c.BC), “BGU” 1007.12 (3rd c.BC)))], Ionic dialect βωθέω, only [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus βωθέοντες, not in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (but compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 812.59) or 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus)], compare βοηθήσω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Michel” 12.15 (Erythrae, 4th c.BC))]; Doric dialect βοᾱθοέω [Refs (“SIG” 421.27 (from Thermon))]; Aeolic dialect βαθόημι (which see):—middle, future -ήσομαι[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 1.128)]:—come to aid, succour, assist, aid, with dative, τῇ σφετέρῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.82; τοῖσιν ἠδικημένοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 79; πρὸς τοὺς αὑτῶν ψιλούς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.3; τινὶ ἀντία τινός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.99; τινὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄναντες 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.38)]; ναυσὶ β. τινί πολιορκουμένῳ[Refs ([prev. work] 1.6.22; β. τοῖς φίλοις τὰ δίκαια [prev. author] “Mem.” 2.6.25)]; β. τοῖς τῶν προγόνων ἀτυχήμασιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.169; β. τῷ λόγῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 88e)]; β. τῷ θεῷ maintain his rights, Epist. Philipp. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.157; β. τοῖς νόμοις 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.33: with _dative_ et _accusative_, πατρὶ βοηθῶν θάνατον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 874c)]; of a physician, β. τῷ θερμῷ ἐπὶ τὸ ψυχρόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 13: _absolutely_, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 19.)]
2 absolutely, come to the rescue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30, 7.158, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 613, etc.; β. παρά τινα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.57)]; ἐπί τινα against one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.62, 4.125, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126, etc.)]; β. ἐς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.103)]; ἐπὶ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.97, 4.72; ἐπὶ τὰς ναῦς [prev. author] 8.11; ἐκεῖσε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.41)]; β. πρός τι contribute to an object, see reading in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1155a14, compare “Metaphorical” 1079b16)], or keep it off, [Refs ([prev. author] “Resp.” 474b24, “HA” 621a13)]; χρήμασι with money, [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1130a19: in Medicine texts, βοηθεῖ πρὸς τὸ κώνειον)] it is an antidote to.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.20.1; frequently in 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus as β. τοῖς φαγοῦσι 4.83.)]
3 passive, to be assisted, receive help, παρά τινος [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1383b28; βοηθήσομαι LXX.Dan.11.34, but βοηθηθήσομαι LXX.Isa.44.2)]; ἐβοήθην[LXX+2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 10.3, LXX.2Ch.26.15 (variant{ἐβοηθήθην}); ἵν᾽ ὦ βεβοηθημένη “PRyl.” 122.12 (2nd c.AD))]; especially of patients, derive benefit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.82, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.687f: _impersonal_, ἐμοὶ βεβοήθηται τῷ τεθνεῶτι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.31; ταύτῃ μοι βεβοηθημένον ἐγεγόνει φιλοσοφίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 347e.)]