Word Summary
boēthos: helping, a helper
Original Word: βοηθόςTransliteration: 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: βοηθόςβοηθός,
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.).