adjective

boēthos

Greekβοηθός (boēthos)

Strong’sG998

a helper

stem boēth-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

helper1×

What it means

βοηθός, -ον (v.s. βοηθέω),

[in LXX chiefly for עזר;]

1. (poët. -όος), hasting to the war-cry (Hom.).

2. helping, auxiliary; as subst. (Hdt.), a helper: He 13:6 (LXX).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G998 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidbo-ay-thos'

a succorer

Fromfrom G995 and theo (to run);

King Jameshelper.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	boēthos1×βοηθός	boēthas	boēthem	boēthois	boēthais	boētheim
object accusative	boēthon	boēthan		boēthoin	boēthain
direct address vocative	boēthor	boēthar		boēthoir	boēthair
of, belonging to genitive	boēthou	boēthau	boētheu	boēthoiu	boēthaiu	boētheiu
to, for dative	boētho	boētha	boēthe	boēthoi	boēthai	boēthei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

boēthstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

boēth is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

boēthamō — βοηθέω, I come to the rescue of

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

boēthos“helper”subjectnominative singular1×

Hebrews 13:6“helper”hōste tharrarōtoin nin legarō; Kurios mi boēthos, ouk fobimi; tinem poiati mi anthrōpos?So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”