What does ἐπικουρία (epikouría) mean in the Bible?
ἐπικουρία (epikouría): Active military or allied aid, emphasizing reinforcement from an outside ally or helper in need.
Greek · G1947
ἐπικουρία
Assistance
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ἐπικουρία G1947
Pronunciation epikouría
What does ἐπικουρία (epikouría) mean in the Bible?
ἐπικουρία (epikouría): Active military or allied aid, emphasizing reinforcement from an outside ally or helper in need.
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How does the BSB render G1947?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include help (1).
Where does ἐπικουρία (epikouría) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 26:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It help 1× Acts 26:22
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First aligned row Acts 26:22
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Acts 1
Source forms
Ἐπικουρίας 1x Epikourias Acts 26:22
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Acts 26:22
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Active military or allied aid, emphasizing reinforcement from an outside ally or helper in need.
Strong's G1947
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
assistance
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Active military or allied aid, emphasizing reinforcement from an outside ally or helper in need.
(ἐπικουρέω to be an ἐπίκουρος, an ally) [in LXX: Wis.13:18 * ;] aid, assistance: Act.26:22.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 26:22 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἐπικουρίας epikouriav
help, aid
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 26:22 1×
Word Origins
ἐπικουρία is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain