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Lexicon :: Strong's G997 - boētheō

Aa
βοηθέω
Transliteration
boētheō (Key)
Pronunciation
bo-ay-theh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:628,108

Strong’s Definitions

βοηθέω boēthéō, bo-ay-theh'-o; from G998; to aid or relieve:—help, succor.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G997 in the following manner: help (6x), succour (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G997 in the following manner: help (6x), succour (2x).

  1. to help, succour, bring aid

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βοηθέω boēthéō, bo-ay-theh'-o; from G998; to aid or relieve:—help, succor.
STRONGS G997:
βοηθέω, -ῶ; 1 aorist ἐβοήθησα; (from βοή a cry and θέω to run); in the Sept. chiefly for עָזַר; in Greek writings from [Aeschylus and] Herodotus down; properly, to run to the cry (of those in danger); hence universally, to help, succor, bring aid: τινί, Matthew 15:25; Mark 9:22, 24 (βοήθει μου τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ, "quod fiduciae meac deest bonitate tua supple," Grotius); Acts 16:9; Acts 21:28; 2 Corinthians 6:2; Hebrews 2:18; Revelation 12:16.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
15:25
Mark
9:22; 9:24
Acts
16:9; 21:28
2 Corinthians
6:2
Hebrews
2:18
Revelation
12:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G997 matches the Greek βοηθέω (boētheō),
which occurs 70 times in 70 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 2 / 2 (Psa 119:175–Hos 13:9)

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and let your rules help me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:27 - Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,[fn]
when it is in your power to do it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:12 - Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:19 - A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city,
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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:22 - Do not say, “I will repay evil”;
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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:18 - Whoever walks in integrity will be delivered,
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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:3 - What will you do on the day of punishment,
in the ruin that will come from afar?
To whom will you flee for help,
and where will you leave your wealth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:2 - who set out to go down to Egypt,
without asking for my direction,
to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh
and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:3 - The Egyptians are man, and not God,
and their horses are flesh, and not spirit.
When the LORD stretches out his hand,
the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall,
and they will all perish together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:6 - Everyone helps his neighbor
and says to his brother, “Be strong!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:10 - fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:14 - Fear not, you worm Jacob,
you men of Israel!
I am the one who helps you, declares the LORD;
your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:2 - Thus says the LORD who made you,
who formed you from the womb and will help you:
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Jeshurun whom I have chosen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:8 - Thus says the LORD:
“In a time of favor I have answered you;
in a day of salvation I have helped you;
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to establish the land,
to apportion the desolate heritages,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:9 - Behold, the Lord GOD helps me;
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with no one passing through,
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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:8 - Then they will know that I am the LORD,
when I have set fire to Egypt,
and all her helpers are broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:13 - The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days, but Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I was left there with the kings of Persia,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:34 - When they stumble, they shall receive a little help. And many shall join themselves to them with flattery,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:9 - He destroys[fn] you, O Israel,
for you are against me, against your helper.

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