βοηθέω
boēthéō · G997 · Greek · 8 occurrences
Meanings
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to help
To assist in supplying what may be needed
ExamplesMatthew 15:25 But she came and began to bow down before Him, saying, “Lord, help me!”
Mark 9:22 “It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to kill him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!”
Mark 9:24 Immediately the boy’s father cried out and said, “I do believe; help my unbelief!”
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
8 occurrences in 5 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 4
- γῆearth 1
- Not stated: I 1
- Not stated: you (more than one) 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
7 occurrences in 5 groups
- ἐγώI, we 3
- γυνήwoman, wife 1
- πειράζωto test, to tempt 1
- σύyou 1
- ἀπιστίαunbelief 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin+ ἡμέραday 1
What is done to itIt is the object
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- λέγωto say 3
- δύναμαιcan 1
- ἔπωto say 1
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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In the other Testament 2 words
- עָזַר ʻâzar · H5826 · to be helped, to receive help, to help
- Hebrew עָזַר is the primary equivalent for Greek βοηθέω, both denoting active assistance or aid rendered to someone in need, in both divine and human contexts of help — a consistent translation-equivalence pattern in the Septuagint.
- סָעַד çâʻad · H5582 · to strengthen, to support, to sustain
- Hebrew סָעַד emphasizes physical support and strengthening (holding up, establishing, refreshing), while Greek βοηθέω centers on active intervention to aid or relieve someone in need or distress.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To help35.1
- Used of coming to someone's aid, as of the Canaanite woman's plea for Jesus to help her in Matthew 15:25 and the father's cry to help his unbelief in Mark 9:24.
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon βοηθῷ; 1 aorist ἐβοήθησά; (from βοή a cry and θεῷ to run); in the Sept. chiefly for…
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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