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Lexicon :: Strong's G997 - boētheō

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βοηθέω
Transliteration
boētheō (Key)
Pronunciation
bo-ay-theh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:628,108

Strong’s Definitions

βοηθέω boēthéō, bo-ay-theh'-o; from G998; to aid or relieve:—help, succor.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G997 in the following manner: help (6x), succour (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G997 in the following manner: help (6x), succour (2x).

  1. to help, succour, bring aid

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βοηθέω boēthéō, bo-ay-theh'-o; from G998; to aid or relieve:—help, succor.
STRONGS G997:
βοηθέω, -ῶ; 1 aorist ἐβοήθησα; (from βοή a cry and θέω to run); in the Sept. chiefly for עָזַר; in Greek writings from [Aeschylus and] Herodotus down; properly, to run to the cry (of those in danger); hence universally, to help, succor, bring aid: τινί, Matthew 15:25; Mark 9:22, 24 (βοήθει μου τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ, "quod fiduciae meac deest bonitate tua supple," Grotius); Acts 16:9; Acts 21:28; 2 Corinthians 6:2; Hebrews 2:18; Revelation 12:16.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
15:25
Mark
9:22; 9:24
Acts
16:9; 21:28
2 Corinthians
6:2
Hebrews
2:18
Revelation
12:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G997 matches the Greek βοηθέω (boētheō),
which occurs 70 times in 70 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 49:25–Psa 119:117)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25 - because of your father’s God, who helps you, because of the Almighty,[fn] who blesses you with blessings of the skies above, blessings of the deep springs below, blessings of the breast and womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:27 - for the man found the young woman out in the country, and though the betrothed woman screamed, there was no one to rescue her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - At midday you will grope about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31 - Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:38 - the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up to help you! Let them give you shelter!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:4 - “Come up and help me attack Gibeon,” he said, “because it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:6 - The Gibeonites then sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because all the Amorite kings from the hill country have joined forces against us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:33 - Meanwhile, Horam king of Gezer had come up to help Lachish, but Joshua defeated him and his army—until no survivors were left.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:5 - When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:3 - But the men said, “You must not go out; if we are forced to flee, they won’t care about us. Even if half of us die, they won’t care; but you are worth ten thousand of us.[fn] It would be better now for you to give us support from the city.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17 - But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David’s rescue; he struck the Philistine down and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, saying, “Never again will you go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel will not be extinguished.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:7 - Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they gave him their support.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - The LORD had seen how bitterly everyone in Israel, whether slave or free, was suffering;[fn] there was no one to help them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:1 - These were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the warriors who helped him in battle;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 - Then the Spirit came on Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, David! We are with you, son of Jesse! Success, success to you, and success to those who help you, for your God will help you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his raiding bands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:19 - Some of the tribe of Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (He and his men did not help the Philistines because, after consultation, their rulers sent him away. They said, “It will cost us our heads if he deserts to his master Saul.”)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:33 - from Zebulun, experienced soldiers prepared for battle with every type of weapon, to help David with undivided loyalty—50,000;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:36 - from Asher, experienced soldiers prepared for battle—40,000;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:5 - When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:19 - When the vassals of Hadadezer saw that they had been routed by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were not willing to help the Ammonites anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:2 - Jehu the seer, the son of Hanani, went out to meet him and said to the king, “Should you help the wicked and love[fn] those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13 - Under their command was an army of 307,500 men trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - In Jerusalem he made devices invented for use on the towers and on the corner defenses so that soldiers could shoot arrows and hurl large stones from the walls. His fame spread far and wide, for he was greatly helped until he became powerful.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:16 - At that time King Ahaz sent to the kings[fn] of Assyria for help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:2 - Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jozadak set to work to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, supporting them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children,[fn] and to plunder the property of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:16 - Meanwhile, the remainder of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces also assembled to protect themselves and get relief from their enemies. They killed seventy-five thousand of them but did not lay their hands on the plunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:20 - Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces; unnoticed, they perish forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:14 - yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; it will become the venom of serpents within him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:2 - “How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 - because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11 - Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:7 - The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:40 - The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:13 - Be pleased to save me, LORD; come quickly, LORD, to help me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:3 - The LORD sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:26 - Rise up and help us; rescue us because of your unfailing love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:5 - God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:4 - Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:9 - Help us, God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:17 - Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:17 - Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:18 - When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, LORD, supported me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 - So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:41 - But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:26 - Help me, LORD my God; save me according to your unfailing love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:86

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:86 - All your commands are trustworthy; help me, for I am being persecuted without cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:117

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:117 - Uphold me, and I will be delivered; I will always have regard for your decrees.

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