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Strong's G997 βοηθέω (boetheo)

Boetheo means “help” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H997 — beyn (“between”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G997
Language Greek
Linked Usages 105
Books 35

Strong's G997 Quick Answer

Strong's G997 βοηθέω (boetheo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. boetheo (bo-ay-theh'-o) v. 1. to aid or relieve [from G998] It has 105 linked Bible usages across 35 books. Visible English usage signals include help and helped. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
boetheo (bo-ay-theh'-o) v. 1. to aid or relieve [from G998]
Usage
105 linked usages
Books
35 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
help and helped

Meaning and Definition

boetheo (bo-ay-theh'-o) v. 1. to aid or relieve [from G998] KJV: help, succor Root(s): G998

Original Word
βοηθέω
Transliteration
boetheo
Derivation
Root: βοηθός R1: 998
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G997. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to help

Usage: βοηθέω, -ῶ (βοή + θέω, to run), [in LXX chiefly for עזר ;] to come to aid, to help, succour: absol., Act.21:28; with dative, Mat.15:25, Mrk.9:22, 24 Act.16:9, 2Co.6:2" (LXX), Heb.2:18, Rev.12:16.† (AS)

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How Strong's G997 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render boetheo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G997 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 70 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G997 (βοηθέω) appears 97 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G997 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G997 in the New Testament

8 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 15:25 KJV

Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

Mark 9:22 KJV

And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.

Mark 9:24 KJV

And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

Strong's G997 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

70 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 49:25 Septuagint / Brenton

And my God helped thee, And he blessed thee with the blessing of heaven from above, And the blessing of the earth possessing all things, Because of the blessing of the breasts and of the womb,

Deuteronomy 22:27 Septuagint / Brenton

because he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to help her.

Deuteronomy 28:29 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt grope at midday, as a blind man would grope in the darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and then thou shalt be unjustly treated, and plundered continually, and there shall be no helper.

Strong's G997 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

25 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 2:4 Septuagint / Brenton

and commanded me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Jewry.

1 Esdras 6:2 Septuagint / Brenton

Then stood up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, the prophets of the Lord being with them, and helping them.

Judith 8:15 Septuagint / Brenton

For if he will not help us within these five days, he hath power to defend us when he will, even every day, or to destroy us before our enemies.

Strong's G997 in 1 Enoch

2 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 1:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And the earth shall be wholly rent in sunder, And all that is upon the earth shall perish, And there shall be a judgement upon all (men).

1 Enoch 100:4 Septuagint / Brenton

In those days the angels shall descend into the secret places And gather together into one place all those who brought down sin And the Most High will arise on that day of judgement To execute great judgement amongst sinners.

Usage Excerpts

First 105 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G997.

Genesis 49:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And my God helped thee, And he blessed thee with the blessing of heaven from above, And the blessing of the earth possessing all things, Because of the blessing of the breasts and of the womb,
Deuteronomy 22:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
because he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to help her.
Deuteronomy 28:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt grope at midday, as a blind man would grope in the darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and then thou shalt be unjustly treated, and plundered continually, and there shall be no helper.
Deuteronomy 28:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy calf shall be slain before thee, and thou shalt not eat of it; thine ass shall be violently taken away from thee, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given to thine enemies, and thou shalt have no helper.
Deuteronomy 32:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The fat of whose sacrifices ye ate, And ye drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them arise and help you, And be your protectors.
Joshua 10:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Come up hither to me, and help me, and let us take Gibeon; for the Gibeonites have gone over to Joshua and to the children of Israel.
Joshua 10:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the inhabitants of Gibeon sent to Joshua into the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hands from thy servants: come up quickly to us, and help us, and rescue us; for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the hill country are gathered together against us.
Joshua 10:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then Elam the king of Gezer went up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people with the edge of the sword, until there was not left to him one that was preserved and escaped.
1 Kingdoms 7:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel took a stone, and set it up between Mizpah and the old city; and he called the name of it Ebenezer, stone of the helper; and he said, Hitherto has the Lord helped us.
2 Kingdoms 8:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Syria of Damascus comes to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David smote twenty-two thousand men belonging to the Syrian.
2 Kingdoms 18:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, Thou shalt not go out: for if we should indeed flee, they will not care for us; and if half of us should die, they will not mind us; for thou art as ten thousand of us: and now it is well that thou shalt be to us an aid to help us in the city.
2 Kingdoms 21:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him and smote the Philistine, and slew him. Then the men of David swore, saying, Thou shalt not any longer go out with us to battle, and thou shalt not quench the lamp of Israel.
3 Kingdoms 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest, and they followed after Adonijah.
4 Kingdoms 14:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, and that they were few in number, straitened and in want, and destitute, and Israel had no helper.
1 Chronicles 12:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are they that came to Ziklag, when he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish; and these were among the mighty, aiding him in war,
1 Chronicles 12:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Spirit came upon Amasai, a captain of the thirty, and he said, Go, David, son of Jesse, Thou and thy people, Peace, peace be to thee, And peace to thy helpers, For thy God has helped thee. And David received them, and made them captains of the forces.
1 Chronicles 12:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And some came to David from Manasseh, when the Philistines came against Saul to war: and he helped them not, because the captains of the Philistines took counsel, saying, With the heads of those men will he return to his master Saul.
1 Chronicles 12:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And of Zebulun they that went out to battle, with all weapons of war, were fifty thousand to help David, not weakhanded.
1 Chronicles 12:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And of Asher, they that went out to give aid in war, forty thousand.
1 Chronicles 18:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Syrian came from Damascus to help Hadadezer king of Zobah; and David smote of the Syrian army twenty and two thousand men.
1 Chronicles 19:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, and they made peace with David and served him: and the Syrians would not anymore help the children of Ammon.
2 Chronicles 19:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there went out to meet him Jehu the prophet the son of Hanani, and said to him, King Jehoshaphat, dost thou help a sinner, or act friendly toward one hated of the Lord? Therefore has wrath come upon thee from the Lord.
2 Chronicles 26:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and with them was a warrior force, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred: these waged war mightily to help the king against his enemies.
2 Chronicles 26:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made in Jerusalem machines invented by a wise contriver, to be upon the towers and upon the corners, to cast darts and great stones: and the fame of their preparation was heard at a distance; for he was wonderfully helped, till he was strong.
2 Chronicles 28:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
At that time King Ahaz sent to the king of Assyria to help him, and on this occasion,
Ezra 5:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.
Esther 8:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
wherein he charged them to use their own laws in every city, and to help each other, and to treat their adversaries, and those who attacked them, as they pleased,
Esther 9:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the rest of the Jews who were in the kingdom assembled, and helped one another, and obtained rest from their enemies: for they destroyed fifteen thousand of them on the thirteenth day of Adar, but took no spoil.
Job 4:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And from morning to evening they no longer exist: They have perished, because they cannot help themselves.
Job 20:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; The gall of an asp is in his belly.
Job 26:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To whom dost thou attach thyself, or whom art thou going to assist? Is it not he that has much strength, and he who has a strong arm?
Job 29:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, And helped the fatherless who had no helper.
Psalms 21:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Stand not aloof from me; for affliction is near; For there is no helper.
Psalms 27:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord is my helper and my defender; My heart has hoped in him, and I am helped: My flesh has revived, And willingly will I give praise to him.
Psalms 36:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: And he shall rescue them from sinners, And save them, because they have hoped in him.
Psalms 39:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, draw nigh to help me.
Psalms 40:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; Thou hast made all his bed in his sickness.
Psalms 43:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Arise, O Lord, help us, And redeem us for thy name’s sake.
Psalms 45:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her with his countenance.
Psalms 53:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For lo! God assists me; And the Lord is the helper of my soul.
Psalms 69:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But I am poor and needy; O God, help me: Thou art my helper and deliverer, O Lord, delay not.
Psalms 78:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Help us, O God our Savior; For the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us; And be merciful to our sins, for thy name’s sake.
Psalms 85:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Establish with me a token for good; And let them that hate me see it and be ashamed; Because thou, O Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me.
Psalms 93:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If the Lord had not helped me, My soul had almost sojourned in Hades.
Psalms 93:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If I said, My foot has been moved;
Psalms 106:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So their heart was brought low with troubles; They were weak, and there was no helper.
Psalms 106:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But he helps the poor out of poverty, And makes him families as a flock.
Psalms 108:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Help me, O Lord my God; And save me according to thy mercy.
Psalms 118:86 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All thy commandments are truth; They persecuted me unjustly; help thou me.
Psalms 118:117 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Help me, and I shall be saved; And I will meditate in thine ordinances continually.
Psalms 118:175 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My soul shall live, and shall praise thee; And thy judgments shall help me.
Proverbs 3:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whensoever thy hand may have power to help him.
Proverbs 13:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Than he that promises and leads another to hope: For a good desire is a tree of life.
Proverbs 18:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A brother helped by a brother is as a strong and high city; And is as strong as a well-founded palace.
Proverbs 20:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who will boast that he has a pure heart? Or who will boldly say that he is pure from sins? And his eyeballs shall see darkness. Shall not be blessed in the end. But wait on the Lord, that he may help thee.
Proverbs 35:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Isaiah 10:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And what will they do in the day of visitation? for affliction shall come to you from afar: and to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory,
Isaiah 30:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
even they that proceed to go down into Egypt, but they have not inquired of me, that they might be helped by Pharaoh, and protected by the Egyptians.
Isaiah 31:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
even an Egyptian, a man, and not God; the flesh of horses, and there is no help in them: but the Lord shall bring his hand upon them, and the helpers shall fail, and all shall perish together.
Isaiah 41:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
every one judging for his neighbor and that to assist his brother: and one will say,
Isaiah 41:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Fear not; for I am with thee: wander not; for I am thy God, who have strengthened thee; and I have helped thee, and have established thee with my just right hand.
Isaiah 41:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Fear not, Jacob, and thou Israel few in number; I have helped thee, saith thy God, he that redeems thee, O Israel.
Isaiah 44:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord God that made thee, and he that formed thee from the womb; Thou shalt yet be helped: fear not, my servant Jacob; and beloved Israel, whom I have chosen.
Isaiah 49:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I succored thee: and I have formed thee, and given thee for a covenant of the nations, to establish the earth, and to cause to inherit the desert heritages:
Isaiah 50:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, the Lord, the Lord, will help me; who will hurt me? behold, all ye shall wax old as a garment, and a moth shall devour you.
Isaiah 60:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because thou hast become desolate and hated, and there was no helper, therefore I will make thee a perpetual gladness, a joy of many generations.
Ezekiel 30:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall send fire upon Egypt, and when all that help her shall be broken.
Daniel 10:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the prince of the kingdom of the Persians withstood me twenty-one days: and behold, Michael, one of the princes, came to help me; and I left him there with the chief of the kingdom of the Persians:
Daniel 11:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when they are weak they shall be helped with a little help: but many shall attach themselves to them with treachery.
Hosea 13:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Israel, who will aid thee in thy destruction?
Matthew 15:25 New Testament, KJV
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Mark 9:22 New Testament, KJV
And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
Mark 9:24 New Testament, KJV
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Acts 16:9 New Testament, KJV
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
Acts 21:28 New Testament, KJV
Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
2 Corinthians 6:2 New Testament, KJV
(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
Hebrews 2:18 New Testament, KJV
For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
Revelation 12:16 New Testament, KJV
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
1 Esdras 2:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and commanded me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Jewry.
1 Esdras 6:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then stood up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, the prophets of the Lord being with them, and helping them.
Judith 8:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For if he will not help us within these five days, he hath power to defend us when he will, even every day, or to destroy us before our enemies.
1 Maccabees 3:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And all his brethren helped him, and so did all they that held with his father, and they fought with cheerfulness the battle of Israel.
1 Maccabees 3:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So he made him ready to go up, and there went with him a mighty host of the ungodly to help him, and to be avenged of the children of Israel.
1 Maccabees 3:53 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
How shall we be able to stand against them, except thou, O God, be our help?
1 Maccabees 7:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then committed he the country to Alcimus, and left with him a power to aid him: so Bacchides went to the king.
1 Maccabees 8:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
also that, whom they would help to a kingdom, those reign; and whom again they would, they displace: finally, that they were greatly exalted:
1 Maccabees 10:72 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Ask and learn who I am, and the rest that take our part, and they shall tell thee that thy foot is not able to stand before our face; for thy fathers have been twice put to flight in their own land.
1 Maccabees 12:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
for we have help from heaven that succoreth us, so as we are delivered from our enemies, and our enemies are brought under foot.
1 Maccabees 12:53 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then all the heathen that were round about them sought to destroy them: for said they, They have no captain, nor any to help them: now therefore let us make war upon them, and take away their memorial from among men.
2 Maccabees 6:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And others, that had run together into caves near by, to keep the Sabbath day secretly, being discovered to Philip, were all burned together, because they made a conscience to help themselves for the honor of the most sacred day.
3 Maccabees 1:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A fierce battle then took place; and the men of Antiochus prevailing, Arsinoe continually went up and down the ranks, and with disheveled hair, with tears and entreaties, begged the soldiers to fight manfully for themselves, their children, and wives; and promised that if they proved conquerors, she would give them two minas of gold apiece.
3 Maccabees 1:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the priests fell down in their sacred vestments imploring the Greatest God to come and help in time of need, and to avert the violence of the fierce aggressor, and when they filled the temple with lamentations and tears,
3 Maccabees 2:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And whereas thou didst often aid our fathers when hard pressed, and in low estate, and deliveredst them out of great dangers,
3 Maccabees 3:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Nor was this unexpected uproar and sudden conflux of people unobserved by the Greeks who lived in the city, concerning men who had never harmed them: yet to aid them was not in their power, since all was oppression around; but they encouraged the Jews by sympathizing with them in their troubles, and expected a favorable turn of affairs:
3 Maccabees 4:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now this was the active interference of the unconquerable Providence which assisted the Jews from heaven.
3 Maccabees 5:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The Jews, breathless with momentary suspense, stretched forth their hands, and prayed the Greatest God, in mournful strains, again to help them speedily.
4 Maccabees 3:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
One may not be able to root out anger from the soul, but it is possible to withstand anger.
4 Maccabees 14:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And if not able to do this, they fly circling round them in agony of affection, calling out in their own note, and save their offspring in whatever manner they are able.
Wisdom of Solomon 13:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For he provided for it that it might not fall, Knowing that it was unable to help itself; For it is an image, and hath need of help.
Wisdom of Sirach 29:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Many, when a thing was lent them, reckoned it to be found, And put them to trouble that helped them.
Wisdom of Sirach 51:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They compassed me on every side, And there was no man to help me: I looked for the succor of men, but there was none.
Baruch 4:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But what can I help you?
Letter of Jeremiah 1:57 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither are those gods of wood, and laid over with silver or gold, able to escape either from thieves or robbers.
1 Enoch 1:7 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
And the earth shall be wholly rent in sunder, And all that is upon the earth shall perish, And there shall be a judgement upon all (men).
1 Enoch 100:4 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
In those days the angels shall descend into the secret places And gather together into one place all those who brought down sin And the Most High will arise on that day of judgement To execute great judgement amongst sinners.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G997, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 19 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 2 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 8 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 2 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G997 FAQ

What does boetheo (βοηθέω) mean?

Boetheo (Strong's G997) is a Greek word most simply glossed "help". boetheo (bo-ay-theh'-o) v. 1. to aid or relieve [from G998]

How many times is boetheo (βοηθέω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 105 linked usages for Strong's G997 across 35 books.

Where can I study boetheo (βοηθέω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G997 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate boetheo (βοηθέω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as help and helped. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G997 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 70 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 25 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 2 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G997, with linked reader references where each row is available.