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Koine Greek wordlink #103880

SR GNT Acts 27:17 βοηθείαις (boaʸtheiais) ‘which having taken_up to helps they were resorting undergirding the’ Strongs=9960 Lemma=boētheia
Word role=noun case=dative gender=feminine number=plural
Year=62 AD Event=Paul_is_shipwrecked_by_a_storm TimeSeries=Paul_is_shipwrecked_by_a_storm,Paul's_Journey_to_Rome

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Only use of identical word form βοηθείαις (N-DFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘βοηθείαις’ (N-DFP) is always and only glossed as ‘to helps’.

Acts 27:17 ‘which having taken_up to helps they were resorting undergirding the’ SR GNT Acts 27:17 word 3

OET-LV: 17 which having _taken _up, they _were _resorting to _helps, undergirding the ship. And fearing lest they _may _run _aground into the shallows _of Surtis, having _lowered the gear, thus they _were _being _driven _along. (ACT_27:17)

OET-RV: 17 and then bring it up on board. Then ropes were used to wrap around the ship in case it were to run aground into the shallows at Syrtis and the gear was lowered, allowing the wind to drive the ship along. (ACT 27:17)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘boētheia’ have 2 different glosses: ‘to helps’, ‘help’.

Key: N=noun DFP=dative,feminine,plural