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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 ἐκάλεσεν Ἀδὰμ ὀνόματα πᾶσι τοῖσ κτήνεσι καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ πετεινοῖσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ θηρίοισ τοῦ ἀγροῦ. τῷ δὲ Ἀδὰμ οὐχ εὑρέθη βοηθὸσ ὅμοιοσ αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:20)
  • βοηθὸσ καὶ σκεπαστὴσ ἐγένετό μοι εἰσ σωτηρίαν. οὗτόσ μου Θεόσ, καὶ δοξάσω αὐτόν, Θεὸσ τοῦ πατρόσ μου, καὶ ὑψώσω αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 15:2)
  • καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ δευτέρου Ἑλιέζερ λέγων. ὁ γὰρ Θεὸσ τοῦ πατρόσ μου βοηθόσ μου καὶ ἐξείλατό με ἐκ χειρὸσ Φαραώ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 18:4)
  • καὶ αὕτη Ἰούδα. εἰσάκουσον, Κύριε, φωνῆσ Ἰούδα, καὶ εἰσ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ εἰσέλθοισαν. αἱ χεῖρεσ αὐτοῦ διακρινοῦσιν αὐτῷ, καὶ βοηθὸσ ἐκ τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτοῦ ἔσῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 33:7)
  • οὔκ ἐστιν ὥσπερ ὁ Θεὸσ τοῦ ἠγαπημένου. ὁ ἐπιβαίνων ἐπὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν βοηθόσ σου καὶ ὁ μεγαλοπρεπὴσ τοῦ στερεώματοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 33:26)

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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