ἘΠΙΚΟΥΡΕΙΝ, ἐπικουρειν
EPIKOUREIN, epikourein
Sounds Like: ep-ee-koo-REH-in
Translations: to help, to assist, to succor, to aid
From the root: ΕΠΙΚΟΥΡΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to give aid or assistance to someone, to come to their rescue, or to succor them in a time of need. It implies providing support or relief, often in a situation of difficulty or distress. It can be used in contexts where one person or entity provides help to another.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1957 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 1:2
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 16:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΚΟΥΡΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΕΚΟΥΡΕΙ — he was helping, he was assisting, he was succoring
- ἘΠΕΚΟΥΡΟΥΝ — they helped, they assisted, they aided
- ἘΠΙΚΟΥΡΗΣΕΙΝ — to help, to succor, to aid, to assist
- ἘΠΙΚΟΥΡΗΣΟΝΤΑ — about to help, about to succor, about to aid, about to assist
- ΕΠΙΚΟΥΡΕΩ — to help, to succor, to aid, to assist
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