Lexicon boétheia: help Original Word: βοήθεια, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: boétheia Phonetic Spelling: (bo-ay'-thi-ah) Short Definition: assistance, a help Definition: (a) abstr: assistance, (b) concr: (a technical term of nautical language), a help. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 996 boḗtheia (a feminine noun derived from 997 /boēthéō) – a brand of help, especially critical assistance that meets an urgent situation (delivering very needed aid). See 997 (boētheō). [996 (boḗtheia) is used of auxiliary aid (remedy), critically needed for rescue (as in Herodotus and Xenophon). 996 (boḗtheia) is also used of the help provided by ropes (tackle, etc.).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom boétheóDefinitionhelp NASB Translationhelp (1), supporting cables (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 996: βοήθειαβοήθεια, βοηθείας, ἡ (see βοηθέω), help: Hebrews 4:16 (often in the Sept., chiefly for עֶזְרָה and עֵזֶר; in Greek writings from Thucydides and Xenophon down); plural helps: Acts 27:17 (see Hackett at the passage; B. D. under the word Ship 4; Smith, Voyage and Shipwr. of St. Paul, pp. 106f, 204f; cf. ὑποζώννυμι).
Strong's help. From boethos; aid; specially, a rope or chain for frapping a vessel -- help. see GREEK boethos |
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