G996
G996 — βοήθεια
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
boetheia (bo-ay'-thei-ah) n.
1. aid
2. (specially) a rope or chain for frapping a vessel
[from G998]
KJV: help
Root(s): G998
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βοήθεια, βοηθείας, ἡ (see βοηθέω), help: Heb 4:16 (often in the Sept., chiefly for òÆæÀøÈä and òÅæÆø; in Greek writings from Thucydides and Xenophon down); plural helps: Act 27:17 (see Hackett at the passage; B. D. under the word Ship 4; Smith, Voyage and Shipwr. of St. Paul, pp. 106f, 204f; cf. ὑποζώννυμι).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
βοήθεια (help)
Acts 27:17
- KJV: Which when they had taken up they used helps undergirding the ship and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands strake sail and so were driven
- GK: ην άραντες βοηθείας εχρώντο υποζωννύντες το πλοίον φοβούμενοί τε μη εις την Σύρτιν εκπέσωσι χαλάσαντες το σκεύος ούτως εφέροντο
Hebrews 4:16
- KJV: Let us therefore come bold ly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need
- GK: προσερχώμεθα ούν μετά παρρησίας τω θρόνω της χάριτος ίνα λάβωμεν έλεον και χάριν εύρωμεν εις εύκαιρον βοήθειαν