G996: βοήθεια (boḗtheia)

G996 βοήθεια (boḗtheia)

Greek

Quick Definition

βοήθεια, ας, ἡ n.f. assistance, a help

Strong's Definition

from 998; aid; specially, a rope or chain for frapping a vessel

KJV Usage: help

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

βοήθεια (G0996)

noun, f. | -ας | βοηθέω

35.1 · Help, Care For · Help

help assistance in supplying what may be needed

HEB 4:16

35.10 · Help, Care For · Help

support (derivative of βοηθέω ‘to help,’ 35.1) an object which provides help or support In a number of languages it may be important to render βοήθεια[b] by something more specific, for example, 'ropes, ́ as in 'they fastened some ropes tightly around the ship, ́ since ropes may be the most likely reference in ACT 27:17.

ACT 27:17

¹ The various terms noted in 35.1 (ἀντιλαμβάνω[a], ἐπιλαμβάνομαι[d], ὑπολαμβάνω[c], συμβάλλω[e], παρίστημι[l], ἀντέχω[c], ἐπαρκέω[a], βοηθέω, βοήθεια[a]) with a generic meaning of ‘help’ no doubt possess certain contrastive features of meaning, at least of a connotative type, but there is no specific evidence of this in NT usage.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

βοήθεια, -as, ἡ, (see Bonbéw), help: Heb. iv. 16, (often in Sept., chiefly for Wy and yyy; in Grk. writ. fr. Thuc. and Xen. down); plur. helps: Acts xxvii. 17 [see Hackett ad loc.; B.D. 5. v. Ship 4; Smith, Voyage and Shipwr. of St. Paul, pp. 106 sq. 204 sq.; ef. ὑποζώννυμι].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

βοήθεια boētheia 2x

help, succor, Heb. 4:16; meton. pl. helps, contrivances for relief and safety, Acts 27:17*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

βοήθεια, -ας, ἡ (v.s. βοηθέω),

[in LXX for עֵזֶר, etc. ;]

help: He 4:16; pl., helps, "frapping," a technical nautical term (MM, Exp., x; DB, ext., 367): Ac 27:17.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

βοήθεια. The word is perpetually recurring at the end of petitions. P Par 355 (B.C. 163) τούτου δὲ γενομένου ἔσομαι τετευχὼς τῆς παρ᾽ ὑμῶν βοηθείας, BGU I. 2265) (Α΄. 99) πρὸς τὸ τυχῖν με τῆς ἀπὸ σοῦ βοηθείας, 2. 340% (a.p. 148-0) ἀναγκέως ἐπὶ τὴν σὴν βοήθιαν κατέφυγον, P Gen I. 615 (A.D. 146) ἵνα δυνηθῶ ἐκ τῆς σῆς βοηθείας κομίσασϑαι τὸ ἴδιον, and P Oxy Ν. 127255 (a.p. 144) ἵνα δυνηθῶ τῇ σῇ βοηθείᾳ ἀνευρεῖν τὰ ἡμέτερα. A slightly different technical meaning is found ina restoration by Mitteis of P Oxy VII. 1020° (A.D. 198-201) εἰ τὴν ἐκ τῆς ἡλικίας ἔχεις β[οήθιαν. “if you can claim the assistance due to immature age,” for More ordinary, though still in a petition, is =aetatis auxilium, which quoted (Ed.). BGU IV. 1201" (Δ... 2) καὶ ἡμῶν ἀνακράξαντες (for -ἀντων) εἰς τὴν κώμην πρὸς βοήθηαν. On the phrase βοηθείαις ἐχρῶντο in Ac 2717 see a note by Nestle in ZVZJV viii. p: 75 f., where for B.= ‘‘supports” he Philo De Josepho § 33 (ed. Cohn =II. 46 M.) ὥσπερ yap κυβερνήτης ταῖς τῶν πνευμάτων μεταβολαῖς συμμεταβάλλει τὰς πρὸς εὔπλοιαν βοηθείας -- "" verwendeten Stiitzen.”” For the interchange of o and o: in this and similar words, see Mayser Gr. p. 110. the code of Justinian is quotes

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

βοήθεια (boētheia) — help. βοήθ-εια, ἡ (Doric dialect βοάθοια [Refs], help, aid, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βοήθειαν ἔχειν πρὸς ὑγίειαν, πρὸς τὴν ἑκάστου ὑπερβολὴν μηχανᾶσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: nominative singular, as exclamation 'help!', [NT+5th c.BC+]

2. medical aid, cure, κίνδυνος ἰσχυρότερος πάσης β. [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II. force of auxiliaries, ἡ παρὰ Διονυσίου β. [Refs 5th c.BC+]