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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 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 2Sa 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:3 - But the people answered, “You shall not go out! For if we flee away, they will not care about us; nor if half of us die, will they care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us now. For you are now more help to us in the city.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:16 - Then some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to David at the stronghold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:21 - For Ahaz took part of the treasures from the house of the LORD, from the house of the king, and from the leaders, and he gave it to the king of Assyria; but he did not help him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:14 - “For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:13 - Is my help not within me?
And is success driven from me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:21 - If I have raised my hand against the fatherless,
When I saw I had help in the gate;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:10 - My defense is of God,
Who saves the upright in heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:2 - May He send you help from the sanctuary,
And strengthen you out of Zion;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:19 - But You, O LORD, do not be far from Me;
O My Strength, hasten to help Me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:2 - Take hold of shield and buckler,
And stand up for my help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:22 - Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my salvation!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - Like sheep they are laid in the grave;
Death shall feed on them;
The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;
And their beauty shall be consumed in the grave, far from their dwelling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 - Give us help from trouble,
For the help of man is useless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:7 - In God is my salvation and my glory;
The rock of my strength,
And my refuge, is in God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 70:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:1 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.

Make haste, O God, to deliver me!
Make haste to help me, O LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:12 - O God, do not be far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:19 - Then You spoke in a vision to Your holy one,[fn]
And said: “I have given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:43 - You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
And have not sustained him in the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 - He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12 - Give us help from trouble,
For the help of man is useless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:1 - A Song of Ascents.

I will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From whence comes my help?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:2 - My help comes from the LORD,
Who made heaven and earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:8 - Our help is in the name of the LORD,
Who made heaven and earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:31 - The horse is prepared for the day of battle,
But deliverance is of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:6 - For by wise counsel you will wage your own war,
And in a multitude of counselors there is safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:12 - When the righteous rejoice, there is great glory;
But when the wicked arise, men hide themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:20 - To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - “And the inhabitant of this territory will say in that day, ‘Surely such is our expectation, wherever we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:5 - They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them,
Or be help or benefit,
But a shame and also a reproach.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The burden against the beasts of the South.

Through a land of trouble and anguish,
From which came the lioness and lion,
The viper and fiery flying serpent,
They will carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys,
And their treasures on the humps of camels,
To a people who shall not profit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 - And in every place where the staff of punishment passes,
Which the LORD lays on him,
It will be with tambourines and harps;
And in battles of brandishing He will fight with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 - Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help,
And rely on horses,
Who trust in chariots because they are many,
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel,
Nor seek the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:3 - Now the Egyptians are men, and not God;
And their horses are flesh, and not spirit.
When the LORD stretches out His hand,
Both he who helps will fall,
And he who is helped will fall down;
They all will perish together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:15 - Thus shall they be to you
With whom you have labored,
Your merchants from your youth;
They shall wander each one to his quarter.
No one shall save you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - O LORD, my strength and my fortress,
My refuge in the day of affliction,
The Gentiles shall come to You
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Surely our fathers have inherited lies,
Worthlessness and unprofitable things.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:7 - “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Thus you shall say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: “Behold, Pharaoh’s army which has come up to help you will return to Egypt, to their own land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4 - Because of the day that comes to plunder all the Philistines,
To cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains;
For the LORD shall plunder the Philistines,
The remnant of the country of Caphtor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:57

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:57 - You drew near on the day I called on You,
And said, “Do not fear!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:17 - Still our eyes failed us,
Watching vainly for our help;
In our watching we watched
For a nation that could not save us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:34 - “Now when they fall, they shall be aided with a little help; but many shall join with them by intrigue.
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