What does βοηθός (boēthós) mean in the Bible?
βοηθός (boēthós): One who rushes to answer a cry for help; specifically a helper or ally in time of need.
Greek · G998
βοηθός
A succorer
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βοηθός G998
Pronunciation boēthós
What does βοηθός (boēthós) mean in the Bible?
βοηθός (boēthós): One who rushes to answer a cry for help; specifically a helper or ally in time of need.
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How does the BSB render G998?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include helper (1).
Where does βοηθός (boēthós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 13:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (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 helper 1× Hebrews 13:6
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First aligned row Hebrews 13:6
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Hebrews 1
Source forms
βοηθός 1x boēthos Hebrews 13:6
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Hebrews 13:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who rushes to answer a cry for help; specifically a helper or ally in time of need.
Strong's G998
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a succorer
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
One who rushes to answer a cry for help; specifically a helper or ally in time of need.
1(poët. -όος), hasting to the war-cry (Hom.).
2helping, auxiliary; as subst. (Hdt.), a helper: Heb.13:6 (LXX).
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.
Hebrews 13:6 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
βοηθός, bohqov
a helper
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 Nominative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Heb 13:6 1×
Word Origins
βοηθός is built from this root:
βοή G995
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