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Lexicon :: Strong's G998 - boēthos

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βοηθός
Transliteration
boēthos (Key)
Pronunciation
bo-ay-thos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From βοή (G995) and theo (to run)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:628,108

Strong’s Definitions

βοηθός boēthós, bo-ay-thos'; from G995 and theo (to run); a succorer:—helper.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G998 in the following manner: helper (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G998 in the following manner: helper (1x).

  1. a helper

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βοηθός boēthós, bo-ay-thos'; from G995 and theo (to run); a succorer:—helper.
STRONGS G998:
βοηθός, -όν, helping (νῆες, Herodotus 5, 97; στήριγμα, Tobit 8:6); mostly as a substantive [so from Herodotus down] a helper: Hebrews 13:6 (of God, from Psalm 117:7 (Ps. 118:7), as often in the Sept.).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
118:7
Hebrews
13:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G998 matches the Greek βοηθός (boēthos),
which occurs 48 times in 48 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:18 - And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:20 - So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:2 - The LORD is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and I will praise Him;
My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:4 - and the name of the other was Eliezer[fn] (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”);

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:7 - And this he said of Judah:

“Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah,
And bring him to his people;
Let his hands be sufficient for him,
And may You be a help against his enemies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:26 - “There is no one like the God of Jeshurun,
Who rides the heavens to help you,
And in His excellency on the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:29 - Happy are you, O Israel!
Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD,
The shield of your help
And the sword of your majesty!
Your enemies shall submit to you,
And you shall tread down their high places.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 - ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel[fn] of the LORD,
‘Curse its inhabitants bitterly,
Because they did not come to the help of the LORD,
To the help of the LORD against the mighty.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:12 - Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer,[fn] saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:42

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:42 - They looked, but there was none to save;
Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 - Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the captains, and he said:

“We are yours, O David;
We are on your side, O son of Jesse!
Peace, peace to you,
And peace to your helpers!
For your God helps you.”
So David received them, and made them captains of the troop.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:15 - Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite gave them support.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:25 - Yes, the Almighty will be your gold[fn]
And your precious silver;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 - Because I delivered the poor who cried out,
The fatherless and the one who had no helper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9 - The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief,
To repay it by Your hand.
The helpless commits himself to You;
You are the helper of the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:2 - The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:14 - Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:9 - Do not hide Your face from me;
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not leave me nor forsake me,
O God of my salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:7 - The LORD is my strength and my shield;
My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
And with my song I will praise Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:10 - Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me;
LORD, be my helper!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:20 - Our soul waits for the LORD;
He is our help and our shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17 - But I am poor and needy;
Yet the LORD thinks upon me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song for Alamoth.

God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7 - “Here is the man who did not make God his strength,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
And strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:17 - To You, O my Strength, I will sing praises;
For God is my defense,
My God of mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:8 - Trust in Him at all times, you people;
Pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:7 - Because You have been my help,
Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 70:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5 - But I am poor and needy;
Make haste to me, O God!
You are my help and my deliverer;
O LORD, do not delay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:7 - I have become as a wonder to many,
But You are my strong refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12 - For He will deliver the needy when he cries,
The poor also, and him who has no helper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:35 - Then they remembered that God was their rock,
And the Most High God their Redeemer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:1 - To the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath.[fn] A Psalm of Asaph.

Sing aloud to God our strength;
Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:22 - But the LORD has been my defense,
And my God the rock of my refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 115:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:9 - O Israel, trust in the LORD;
He is their help and their shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 115:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:10 - O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD;
He is their help and their shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 115:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:11 - You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD;
He is their help and their shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:6 - The LORD is on my side;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:7 - The LORD is for me among those who help me;
Therefore I shall see my desire on those who hate me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:114

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:114 - You are my hiding place and my shield;
I hope in Your word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:5 - Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the LORD his God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:10 - Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation,
And have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold,
Therefore you will plant pleasant plants
And set out foreign seedlings;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 - For You have been a strength to the poor,
A strength to the needy in his distress,
A refuge from the storm,
A shade from the heat;
For the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:7 - “For the Lord GOD will help Me;
Therefore I will not be disgraced;
Therefore I have set My face like a flint,
And I know that I will not be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:5 - I looked, but there was no one to help,
And I wondered
That there was no one to uphold;
Therefore My own arm brought salvation for Me;
And My own fury, it sustained Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:7 - In the days of her affliction and roaming,
Jerusalem remembers all her pleasant things
That she had in the days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the enemy,
With no one to help her,
The adversaries saw her
And mocked at her downfall.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:14 - “I will scatter to every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:9 - Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength,
And it was boundless;
Put and Lubim were your[fn] helpers.
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