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Koine Greek wordlink #122578

SR GNT 2 Cor 6:2 ἐβοήθησα (eboaʸthaʸsa) ‘in the day of salvation I gave_help to you see now is’ Strongs=9970 Lemma=boētheō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=1st number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Only use of identical word form ἐβοήθησα (V-IAA1··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐβοήθησα’ (V-IAA1··S) is always and only glossed as ‘I gave_help’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘boētheō’ have 5 different glosses: ‘be giving_help’, ‘to give_help’, ‘I gave_help’, ‘gave_help’, ‘give_help’.

Greek words (1) other than ἐβοήθησα (V-IAA1··S) with a gloss related to ‘gave_help’

REV 12:16 ἐβοήθησεν (eboaʸthaʸsen) V-IAA3··S ‘and gave_help the earth to the’ SR GNT Rev 12:16 word 2

OET-LV: 16 And gave _help the earth to _the women, and opened _up the earth the mouth of _it, and swallowed _up the river, which throw the dragon out _of the mouth of _him. (REV_12:16)

OET-RV: 16 but the ground helped the woman by opening up a big hole, and so the flood that the dinosaur poured out from his mouth disappeared into it. (REV 12:16)

Key: V=verb