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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)
Dictionary Aids

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, , (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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 -

‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of Yahweh,

‘Utterly curse its inhabitants,

Because they did not come to the help of Yahweh,

To the help of Yahweh against the warriors.’

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:3 - But the people said, “You should not go out; for if we indeed flee, they will not set their heart on us; even if half of us die, they will not set their heart on us. But now [fn]you are worth ten thousand of us; so now it is better that you be ready to help us from the city.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:16 -

Then some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:21 - Although Ahaz took a portion out of the house of Yahweh and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:14 - “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not reached royalty for such a time as this?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:13 -

“Is it that there is no help within me,

And that the [fn]success of sound wisdom is driven from me?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:21 -

If I have waved my hand against the orphan

Because I saw my help in the gate,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:10 -

My shield is [fn]with God,

Who saves the upright in heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:2 -

May He send you help from the sanctuary

And uphold you from Zion!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:19 -

But You, O Yahweh, be not far off;

O my Strength, hasten to my help.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:2 -

Take hold of [fn]shield and large shield

And rise up for my help.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:22 -

Make haste to help me,

O Lord, my salvation!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 -

As sheep they are appointed for Sheol;

Death will shepherd them;

And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning,

And their form shall be for Sheol to consume,

Far away from his habitation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 -

Oh give us help against the adversary,

For salvation [fn]by man is worthless.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:7 -

On God my salvation and my glory rest;

The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:1 -

For the choir director. Of David. To bring to remembrance.

O God, hasten to deliver me;

O Yahweh, hasten to my help!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:12 -

O God, do not be far from me;

O my God, hasten to my help!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:19 -

Formerly You spoke in vision to Your [fn]holy [fn]ones,

And said, “I have bestowed help to a mighty one;

I have exalted one chosen from the people.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:43 -

You also turn back the edge of his sword

And have not made him arise in battle.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 -

He who abides in the shelter of the Most High

Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12 -

Oh give us help against the adversary,

For salvation [fn]by man is worthless.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:1 -

A Song of Ascents.

I will lift up my eyes to the mountains;

From where shall my help come?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:2 -

My help comes from Yahweh,

Who made heaven and earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:8 -

Our help is in the name of Yahweh,

Who made heaven and earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:31 -

The horse is set for the day of battle,

But salvation belongs to Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:6 -

For by guidance you will make war,

And in abundance of counselors there is salvation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:12 -

When the righteous exult, there is great honor,

But when the wicked rise, man has to be sought out.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:20 - To the [fn]law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - “So the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, such is our hope, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and we, how shall we escape?’”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:5 -

“Everyone will be ashamed because of a people who cannot profit them,

Who are not for help or profit, but for shame and also for reproach.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 -

The [fn]oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev.

Through a land of distress and anguish,

From [fn]where come lioness and lion, viper and flying fiery serpent,

They carry their wealth on the [fn]backs of young donkeys

And their treasures on camels’ humps,

To a people who cannot profit them;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 -

And every [fn]blow of the [fn]appointed staff,

Which Yahweh will cause to rest upon him,

Will be with the music of tambourines and lyres;

And in battles, waving weapons He will fight them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 -

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help

And rely on horses,

And trust in chariots because they are many

And in horsemen because they are very mighty,

But they do not regard at the Holy One of Israel, nor seek Yahweh!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:3 -

Now the Egyptians are men and not God,

And their horses are flesh and not spirit;

So Yahweh will stretch out His hand,

And he who helps will stumble,

And he who is helped will fall,

And all of them will come to an end together.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:15 -

“Thus they have become for you, those among whom you have labored,

Who have traded with you from your youth;

Each has wandered in his own [fn]way;

There is none to save you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 -

O Yahweh, my strength and my strong defense,

And my refuge in the day of distress,

To You the nations will come

From the ends of the earth and say,

“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,

Futility and [fn]things of no profit.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:7 - “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Thus you are to say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: “Behold, the military force of Pharaoh which has come out for your assistance is going to return to its own land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4 -

On account of the day that is coming

To destroy all the Philistines,

To cut off from Tyre and Sidon

Every ally that is left;

For Yahweh is going to destroy the Philistines,

The remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:57 -

You drew near when I called on You;

You said, “Do not fear!”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:17 -

Ayin

Yet our eyes were spent,

Looking for [fn]help was vanity;

In our watching we have watched

For a nation that could not save.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:34 - “Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, and many will join with them in [fn]intrigue.
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