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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:18 -

Then Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper [fn]suitable for him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:20 - And the man gave names to all the cattle and to the birds of the [fn]sky and to every beast of the field; but for [fn]Adam there was not found a helper [fn]suitable for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:2 -

[fn]Yah is my strength and song,

And He has become my salvation;

This is my God, and I will praise Him;

My father’s God, and I will extol Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:4 - [fn]And the other was named [fn]Eliezer, for he said, “The God of my father was my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:7 -

And this regarding Judah; so he said,

“Hear, O Yahweh, the voice of Judah,

And bring him to his people.

With his hands he contended for [fn]them,

And may You be a help against his adversaries.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:26 -

“There is none like the God of [fn]Jeshurun,

Who rides the heavens [fn]to your help,

And through the skies in His majesty.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:29 -

“Blessed are you, O Israel;

Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh,

Who is the shield of your help

And the sword of your majesty!

So your enemies will cower before you,

And you will tread upon their high places.”

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 Box1Sa 7:12 -

Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and he named it [fn]Ebenezer. And he said, “Thus far Yahweh has helped us.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:42 -

“They looked, but there was none to save;

Even to Yahweh, but He did not answer them.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 - And the Spirit clothed Amasai, who was the chief of the thirty, and he said,

We are yours, O David,

And with you, O son of Jesse!

Peace, peace to you,

And peace to him who helps you;

Indeed, your God helps you!”

Then David received them and made them chiefs of the band.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:15 - However, Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood against this, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helping them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:25 -

Then [fn]the Almighty will be your [fn]gold

And choice silver to you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 -

Because I provided escape for the afflicted who cried for help,

And the orphan who had no helper.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9 -

Vav

[fn]Yahweh also will be a stronghold for the oppressed,

A stronghold in times of [fn]distress;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 -

Resh

You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to [fn]take it into Your hand.

The [fn]unfortunate commits himself to You;

You have been the helper of the orphan.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:2 -

Yahweh is my [fn]rock and my fortress and my deliverer,

My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;

My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:14 -

Let the [fn]words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

Be acceptable in Your sight,

O Yahweh, my rock and my Redeemer.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:9 -

Do not hide Your face from me,

Do not turn Your slave away in anger;

You have been my help;

Do not abandon me and do not forsake me,

O God of my salvation!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:7 -

Yahweh is my strength and my shield;

My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped;

Therefore my heart exults,

And with my song I shall thank Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:10 -

“Hear, O Yahweh, and be gracious to me;

O Yahweh, be my helper.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:20 -

Our soul is patient for Yahweh;

He is our help and our shield.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17 -

As for me, I am afflicted and needy,

[fn]May the Lord think of me.

You are my help and the One who rescues me;

Do not delay, O my God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1 -

For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. [fn]According to Alamoth. A Song.

God is our refuge and strength,

[fn]A very present help in [fn]trouble.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7 -

“Behold, the man who would not set God as his strength,

But trusted in the abundance of his riches

And was strong in his destruction.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:17 -

O my strength, I will sing praises to You;

For God is my stronghold, the [fn]God who shows me lovingkindness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:8 -

Trust in Him at all times, O people;

Pour out your heart before Him;

God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:7 -

For You have been my help,

And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5 -

But I am afflicted and needy;

Hasten to me, O God!

You are my help and my protector;

O Yahweh, do not delay.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:7 -

I have become a marvel to many,

For You are my strong refuge.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12 -

For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help,

The [fn]afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:35 -

And they remembered that God was their rock,

And the Most High God their Redeemer.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:1 -

For the choir director. According to the Gittith. Of Asaph.

Sing for joy to God our strength;

Make a loud shout to the God of Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:22 -

But Yahweh has been my stronghold,

And my God the rock of my refuge.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:9 -

O Israel, trust in Yahweh;

He is their help and their shield.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:10 -

O house of Aaron, trust in Yahweh;

He is their help and their shield.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:11 -

You who [fn]fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh;

He is their help and their shield.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:6 -

Yahweh is for me; I will not fear;

What can man do to me?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:7 -

Yahweh is for me among those who help me;

Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:114 -

You are my hiding place and my shield;

I [fn]wait for Your word.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:5 -

How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

Whose hope is in Yahweh his God,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:10 -

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation

And have not remembered the rock of your strong defense.

Therefore you plant delightful plants

And set them with vine branches of a strange god.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 -

For You have been a strong defense for the poor,

A strong defense for the needy in his distress,

A refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat;

For the breath of the ruthless

Is like a rain storm against a wall.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:7 -

Even now Lord Yahweh helps Me,

Therefore, I am not dishonored;

Therefore, I have set My face like flint,

And I know that I will not be ashamed.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:5 -

“I looked, and there was no one to help,

And I was astonished, and there was no one to uphold;

So My own arm brought salvation to Me,

And My wrath upheld Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:7 -

Zayin

In the days of her affliction and homelessness

Jerusalem remembers all her precious things

That were from the days of old,

When her people fell into the hand of the adversary

And no one helped her.

The adversaries saw her;

They laughed at her [fn]ruin.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:14 - “And I will scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will draw out a sword after them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:9 -

[fn]Ethiopia was her might,

And Egypt too, without end.

Put and Lubim were among [fn]her helpers.

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