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βοηθός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βοηθός

Structure: βοηθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: shortened form of bohqo/os

Sense

  1. assisting, auxiliary, an assistant

Examples

  • καὶ ἔσῃ ψηλαφῶν μεσημβρίασ, ὡσεί τισ ψηλαφήσαι τυφλὸσ ἐν τῷ σκότει, καὶ οὐκ εὐοδώσει τὰσ ὁδούσ σου. καὶ ἔσῃ τότε ἀδικούμενοσ καὶ διαρπαζόμενοσ πάσασ τὰσ ἡμέρασ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται σοι ὁ βοηθῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 28:29)
  • ὁ μόσχοσ σου ἐσφαγμένοσ ἐναντίον σου, καὶ οὐ φάγῃ ἐξ αὐτοῦ. ὁ ὄνοσ σου ἡρπασμένοσ ἀπὸ σοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἀποδοθήσεταί σοι. τὰ πρόβατά σου δεδομένα τοῖσ ἐχθροῖσ σου, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται σοι ὁ βοηθῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 28:31)
  • ὅτι εἶδε Κύριοσ τὴν ταπείνωσιν Ἰσραὴλ πικρὰν σφόδρα καὶ ὀλιγοστοὺσ συνεχομένουσ καὶ ἐσπανισμένουσ καὶ ἐγκαταλελειμμένουσ, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ βοηθῶν τῷ Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 14:26)
  • πλὴν Ἰωνάθαν υἱὸσ Ἀσαὴλ καὶ Ἰαζίασ υἱὸσ Θεκωὲ μετ̓ ἐμοῦ περὶ τούτου, καὶ Μεσολλὰμ καὶ Σαββαθαί̈ ὁ Λευίτησ βοηθῶν αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae II 10:15)
  • μὴ ἀποστῇσ ἀπ̓ ἐμοῦ, ὅτι θλῖψισ ἐγγύσ, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ βοηθῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 21:12)

Synonyms

  1. assisting

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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