βοηθός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Shortened form of βοηθόος (boēthóos, “hasting to the cry for help”), from βοή (boḗ, “shout, call”) + θοός (thoós, “swift”) (from θέω (théō, “run”)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bo.ɛː.tʰós/ → /βo.iˈθos/ → /vo.iˈθos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bo.ɛː.tʰós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bo.e̝ˈtʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βo.iˈθos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vo.iˈθos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vo.iˈθos/

Adjective

βοηθός • (boēthós) m or f (neuter βοηθόν); second declension

1. assisting, auxiliary

Noun

βοηθός • (boēthós) m (genitive βοηθοῦ); second declension

1. assistant, helper

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βοηθός; τοῦ βοηθοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βοηθός ho boēthós	τὼ βοηθώ tṑ boēthṓ	οἱ βοηθοί hoi boēthoí
Genitive	τοῦ βοηθοῦ toû boēthoû	τοῖν βοηθοῖν toîn boēthoîn	τῶν βοηθῶν tôn boēthôn
Dative	τῷ βοηθῷ tôi boēthôi	τοῖν βοηθοῖν toîn boēthoîn	τοῖς βοηθοῖς toîs boēthoîs
Accusative	τὸν βοηθόν tòn boēthón	τὼ βοηθώ tṑ boēthṓ	τοὺς βοηθούς toùs boēthoús
Vocative	βοηθέ boēthé	βοηθώ boēthṓ	βοηθοί boēthoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• βοήθεια (boḗtheia) "help, aid"
• βοηθέω (boēthéō) "come to aid, succour, assist, aid"
• βοήθησις (boḗthēsis) "aid, succour"

Descendants

• Greek: βοηθός (voïthós)

References

• An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon (1882)
• Strongs Exhaustive Bible Concordance (1890)

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Greek

Noun

βοηθός • (voïthós) m or f (plural βοηθοί)

1. helper, assistant

Declension

Declension of βοηθός

	singular	plural
nominative	βοηθός •	βοηθοί •
genitive	βοηθού •	βοηθών •
accusative	βοηθό •	βοηθούς •
vocative	βοηθέ •	βοηθοί •

Related terms

• βοήθεια f (voḯtheia, “help”)
• αναξιόπιστος βοηθός m (anaxiópistos voïthós, “broken reed”)