STRONGS NUMBER G998


Word Summary
boēthos: helping, a helper
Original Word: βοηθός
Transliteration: boēthos
Phonetic Spelling: (bo-ay-thos')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: helping, a helper
Meaning: helping, a helper
Strong's Concordance
helper.

From boe and theo (to run); a succorer -- helper.

see GREEK boe

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 998: βοηθός

βοηθός, βοηθόν, helping (νεης, Herodotus 5, 97; στήριγμα, Tobit 8:6); mostly as a substantive (so from Herodotus down) a helper: Hebrews 13:6 (of God, from Psalm 117:7 (), as often in the Sept.).