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Strong's #996 - βοήθεια
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βοήθ-εια, ἡ
(Dor. βοάθοια SIG 421.36(Thermon)),
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1. help, aid, Th. 2.22, etc.; β. τῷ λόγῳ πρός τινα Pl. Prm. 128c; ἡ ὑπὲρ τῶν δικαίων β. D. 56.15; βοήθειαν ἔχειν πρὸς ὑγίειαν, πρὸς τὴν ἑκάστου ὑπερβολὴν μηχανᾶσθαι, Arist. PA 651b1, 652a32: nom.sg., as exclamation ' help! ', Plb. 13.8.5: pl., Gorg. Pal. 33, D. 18.302, Arist. Rh. 1383a29; αἱ πρὸς εὔπλοιαν β. Ph. 2.46, cf. Acts 27:17.
2. medical aid, cure, κίνδυνος ἰσχυρότερος πάσης β. Plu. Alex. 19.
II force of auxiliaries, ἡ παρὰ Διονυσίου β. X. HG 7.1.20; νεῶν β. Th. 4.8: opp. regular forces, D. 4.32.
βοήθεια, βοηθείας, ἡ (see βοηθέω), help: Hebrews 4:16 (often in the Sept., chiefly for עֶזְרָה and עֵזֶר; in Greek writings from Thucydides and Xenophon down); plural helps: Acts 27:17 (see Hackett at the passage; B. D. under the word
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βοήθεια , -ας , ἡ
(see βοηθέω ),
[in LXX for H5828, etc.;]
help: Hebrews 4:16; pl., helps, "frapping," a technical nautical term (MM, Exp., x; DB, ext., 367): Acts 27:17.†
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The word is perpetually recurring at the end of petitions. P Par 35.38 (B.C. 163) τούτου δὲ γενομένου ἔσομαι τετευχὼς τῆς παρ᾽ ὑμῶν βοηθείας , BGU I. 226.23 (A.D. 99) πρὸς τὸ τυχῖν με τῆς ἀπὸ σοῦ βοηθείας , ib. 340.27 (A.D. 148–9) ἀναγκέως ἐπὶ τὴ ̣ ν σὴν βοήθιαν κατέφυγον , P Gen I. 6.16 (A.D. 146) ἵνα δυνηθῶ ἐκ τῆς σῆς βοηθείας κομίσασθαι τὸ ἴδιον , and P Oxy X. 1272.22 (A.D. 144) ἵνα δυνηθῶ τῇ σῇ βοηθείᾳ ἀνευρεῖν τὰ ἡμέτερα . A slightly different technical meaning is found in a restoration by Mitteis of P Oxy VII. 1020.5 (A.D. 198–201) εἰ τὴν ἐκ τῆς ἡλικίας ἔχεις β ̣[οήθιαν , ";if you can claim the assistance due to immature age,"; = aetatis auxilium, for which the code of Justinian is quoted (Ed.). More ordinary, though still in a petition, is BGU IV. 1201.12 (A.D. 2) καὶ ἡμῶν ἀνακράξαντες (for -άντων ) εἰς τὴν κώμην πρὸς βοήθηαν . On the phrase βοηθείαις ἐχρῶντο in Acts 27:17 see a note by Nestle in ZNTW viii. p. 75 f., where for β . = ";supports"; he quotes Philo De Josepho § 33 (ed. Cohn = II. 46 M.) ὥσπερ γὰρ κυβερνήτης ταῖς τῶν πνευμάτων μεταβολαῖς συμμεταβάλλει τὰς πρὸς εὔπλοιαν βοηθείας = ";verwendetcn Stützen."; For the interchange of ο and οι in this and similar words, see Mayser Gr. p. 110.
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