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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:18 - The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:20 - So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam[fn] no suitable helper was found.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:2 - “The LORD is my strength and my defense[fn]; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:4 - and the other was named Eliezer,[fn] for he said, “My father’s God was my helper; he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:7 - And this he said about Judah: “Hear, LORD, the cry of Judah; bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause. Oh, be his help against his foes!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:26 - “There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides across the heavens to help you and on the clouds in his majesty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:29 - Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will cower before you, and you will tread on their heights.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 - ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the LORD. ‘Curse its people bitterly, because they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’

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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 22:42

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:42 - They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but he did not answer.

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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 BoxEzr 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:15 - Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:25 - then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you.

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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 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9 - The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:2 - The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield[fn] and the horn[fn] of my salvation, my stronghold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:14 - May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:9 - Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, God my Savior.

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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 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:10 - Hear, LORD, and be merciful to me; LORD, be my help.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:20 - We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17 - But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1 - [fn]For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.[fn] A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7 - “Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:17 - You are my strength, I sing praise to you; you, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:8 - Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:7 - Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

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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 71:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:7 - I have become a sign to many; you are my strong refuge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12 - For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:35 - They remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:1 - [fn]For the director of music. According to gittith.[fn] Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:22 - But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:9 - All you Israelites, trust in the LORD— he is their help and shield.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:10 - House of Aaron, trust in the LORD— he is their help and shield.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:11 - You who fear him, trust in the LORD— he is their help and shield.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:6 - The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:7 - The LORD is with me; he is my helper. I look in triumph on my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:114

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:114 - You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:5 - Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:10 - You have forgotten God your Savior; you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress. Therefore, though you set out the finest plants and plant imported vines,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 - You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm driving against a wall

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:7 - Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:5 - I looked, but there was no one to help, I was appalled that no one gave support; so my own arm achieved salvation for me, and my own wrath sustained me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:7 - In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands, there was no one to help her. Her enemies looked at her and laughed at her destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:14 - I will scatter to the winds all those around him—his staff and all his troops—and I will pursue them with drawn sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:9 - Cush[fn] and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were among her allies.
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