βοήθεια
boḗtheia · G996 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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help
Assistance in supplying what may be needed
ExamplesHebrews 4:16 Therefore let’s approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace for help at the time of our need.
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support
(Derivative of βοηθέω ‘to help,’) An object which provides help or support
ExamplesActs 27:17 After they had hoisted it up, they used supporting cables in undergirding the ship; and fearing that they might run aground on the shallows of Syrtis, they let down the sea anchor and let themselves be driven along in this way.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εὔκαιροςfavorable 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- χράομαιto use, to treat 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἐπικουρία epikouría · G1947 · help
- Both terms denote aid or assistance, that is, providing help and support.
In the other Testament 2 words
- עֶזְרָה ʻezrâh · H5833 · help, (God as one's) Helper
- Hebrew עֶזְרָה (help) directly parallels Greek βοήθεια (aid) as the standard term for assistance or succor, both used for divine or human help in contexts of need.
- עֵזֶר ʻêzer · H5828 · help, assistance, support
- Hebrew עֵזֶר denotes general help or assistance, serving as the direct Septuagintal equivalent to Greek βοήθεια in contexts of aid provision, though the Greek term also carries the specialized nautical sense of frapping ropes absent from the Hebrew.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To help35.1
- Used of general assistance rendered, as of finding help in time of need at the throne of grace in Hebrews 4:16.
- Support35.10
- Used concretely of physical supporting equipment, as of the supporting cables used to undergird the ship in the storm in Acts 27:17.
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon βοηθείας, ἡ (see βοηθέω), help: Heb 4:16 (often in the Sept., chiefly for עֶזְרָה and…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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