G996: βοήθεια
boḗtheia · “help”
Definition
aid; specially, a rope or chain for frapping a vessel
KJV translates it as: help
Word origin: from G998 (βοηθός);
Extended definition
βοήθεια, -ας, ἡ (see: βοηθέω),
[in LXX for עֵזֶר, etc. ;]
help: Heb.4:16; pl., helps, "frapping," a technical nautical term (MM, Exp., x; DB, ext., 367): Act.27:17.†
(AS)
[in LXX for עֵזֶר, etc. ;]
help: Heb.4:16; pl., helps, "frapping," a technical nautical term (MM, Exp., x; DB, ext., 367): Act.27:17.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G996 is translated
- supports ×1
- help. ×1
Bible verses with G996 (boḗtheia)
Boḗtheia appears in 2 verses.
- Acts 27:17
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.
- Hebrews 4:16
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.