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Lexicon :: Strong's G996 - boētheia

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βοήθεια
Transliteration
boētheia (Key)
Pronunciation
bo-ay'-thi-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:628,108

Strong’s Definitions

βοήθεια boḗtheia, bo-ay'-thi-ah; from G998; aid; specially, a rope or chain for frapping a vessel:—help.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G996 in the following manner: help (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G996 in the following manner: help (2x).

  1. help

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βοήθεια boḗtheia, bo-ay'-thi-ah; from G998; aid; specially, a rope or chain for frapping a vessel:—help.
STRONGS G996:
βοήθεια, -ας, 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 Shipwreck of St. Paul, pp. 106f, 204f; cf. ὑποζώννυμι].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
27:17
Hebrews
4:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G996 matches the Greek βοήθεια (boētheia),
which occurs 41 times in 41 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 - to curse Meroz: Curse ye it, said the angel of the Lord; cursed is every one that dwells in it, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to his help among the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:3 - And they said, Thou shalt not go out: for if we should indeed flee, they will not care for us; and if half of us should die, they will not mind us; for thou art [fn]as ten thousand of us: and now it is well that thou shalt be to us an aid to help us in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:16 - (LXX 12:17) And there came some of the sons of Benjamin and Juda to the assistance of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:21 - And Achaz took the things that were in the house of the Lord, and the things in the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave them to the king of Assyria: but he was no help to him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:14 - For if thou shalt refuse to hearken on this occasion, help and protection will be to the Jews from another quarter; but thou and thy father's house will perish: and who knows, if thou hast been made queen for this very occasion?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:13 - Or have I not trusted in him? but help is far from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:21 - if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior to his:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:10 - (LXX 7:11) My help is righteous, coming from God who saves the upright in heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:2 - (LXX 19:3) Send thee help from the sanctuary, and aid thee out of Sion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:19 - (LXX 21:20) But thou, O Lord, remove not my help afar off: be ready for mine aid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:2 - (LXX 34:2) Take hold of shield and buckler, and arise for my help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:22 - (LXX 37:23) Draw nigh to my help, O Lord of my salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - (LXX 48:15) They have laid them as sheep in Hades; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their help shall fail in Hades from their glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 - (LXX 59:13) Give us help from trouble: for vain is the deliverance of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:7 - (LXX 61:8) [fn]In God is my salvation and my glory: he is the God of my help, and my hope is in God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:1 - (LXX 69:1) For the end, by David for a remembrance, that the Lord may save me. (69:2) Draw nigh, O God, to my help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:12 - (LXX 70:12) O God, go not far from me, O my God, draw nigh to my help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:19 - (LXX 88:20) Then thou spokest in vision to thy children, and saidst, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of my people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:43 - (LXX 88:44) Thou hast turned back the help of his sword, and hast not helped him in the battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 - (LXX 90:1) Praise of a Song, by David. He that dwells in the help of the Highest, shall sojourn under the shelter of the God of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12 - (LXX 107:13) Give us help from tribulation: for vain is the help of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:1 - (LXX 120:1) A Song of Degrees. I lifted up mine eyes to the mountains, whence my help shall come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:2 - (LXX 120:2) My help shall come from the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:8 - (LXX 123:8) Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:31 - A horse is prepared for the day of battle; but help is of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:6 - War is carried on with generalship, and aid is supplied to the heart of a counsellor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:12 - By reason of the help of righteous men great glory arises: but in the places of the ungodly men are caught.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:20 - For he has given the law for a help, that they should not speak according to this word, concerning which there are no [fn]gifts to give for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - And they that dwell in this island shall say in that day, Behold, we trusted to flee to them for help, who could not save themselves from the king of the Assyrians: and how shall we be saved?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:5 - In vain shall they labour in seeking to a people, which shall not profit them for help, but shall be for a shame and reproach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The Vision of the Quadrupeds in the Desert. In affliction and distress, where are the lion and lion's whelp, thence come also asps, and the young of flying asps, there shall they be who bore their wealth on asses and camels to a nation which shall not profit them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 - And it shall happen to him from every side, that they from whom their hope of assistance was, in which he trusted, themselves shall war against him in turn with drums and with harp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 - Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, who trust in horses and chariots, for they are many; and in horses, which are a great multitude; and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:3 - even an Egyptian, a man, and not God; the flesh of horses, and there is no help in them: but the Lord shall bring his hand upon them, and the helpers shall fail, and all shall perish together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:15 - these shall be thy help. Thou hast wearied thyself with traffic from thy youth: every man has wandered to his own home, but thou shalt have no deliverance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - O Lord, thou art my strength, and mine help, and my refuge in days of evil: to thee the Gentiles shall come from the end of the earth, and shall say, How vain were the idols which our fathers procured to themselves, and there is no help in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:7 - (LXX 44:7) Thus said the Lord; Thus shalt thou say to the king of Juda who sent to thee, to seek me; Behold, the army of Pharao which is come forth to help you: they shall return to the land of Egypt:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4 - (LXX 29:4) in the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines: and I will utterly destroy Tyre and Sidon, and all the rest of their allies: for the Lord will destroy the remaining inhabitants of the islands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:57

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:57 - Thou drewest nigh to my help: in the day wherein I called upon thee thou saidst to me, Fear not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:17 - Phe. While we yet lived our eyes failed, while we looked in vain for our help. Tsade. We looked to a nation that could not save.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:34 - And when they are weak they shall be helped with a little help: but many shall attach themselves to them with treachery.
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