Boētheō βοηθέω
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| βοηθέω | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | boētheō |
| Strong's number | G997 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to help |
| Occurrences | 8 in 8 verses |
| Most frequent in | Mark (2) |
Boētheō (Greek βοηθέω, Strong's G997) is a Greek verb meaning “to help”. It occurs 8 times in 8 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
βοηθέω, -ῶ
(βοή + θέω, to run), [in LXX chiefly for עזר ;]
to come to aid, to help, succour: absol., Act.21:28; with dative, Mat.15:25, Mrk.9:22, 24 Act.16:9, 2Co.6:2" (LXX), Heb.2:18, Rev.12:16.†
(AS)
(βοή + θέω, to run), [in LXX chiefly for עזר ;]
to come to aid, to help, succour: absol., Act.21:28; with dative, Mat.15:25, Mrk.9:22, 24 Act.16:9, 2Co.6:2" (LXX), Heb.2:18, Rev.12:16.†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | help (4), thou (1), succoured (1), succour (1), helped (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | help (5), help us (1), i helped (1), helped (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Boētheō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Matthew
- Matthew 15:25Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.The woman came and knelt before Him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
Mark
- Mark 9:22And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.“It often throws him into the fire or into the water, trying to kill him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
- Mark 9:24And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.Immediately the boy’s father cried out, “I do believe; help my unbelief!”
Acts
- Acts 16:9And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
- Acts 21:28Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
2 Corinthians
- 2 Corinthians 6:2(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!
Hebrews
- Hebrews 2:18For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
Revelation
- Revelation 12:16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the dragon’s mouth.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).