ἘΧΡΗΤΟΒΟΗΘΩ, ἐχρητοβοηθω
ECHRĒTOBOĒTHŌ, echrētoboēthō
Sounds Like: ekh-RAY-toh-boh-AY-thoh
Translations: he was using to help, he was using as a helper, he was helping
From the root: ΧΡΑΟΜΑΙ, ΒΟΗΘΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word appears to be a compound of two verbs, χράομαι (chraomai), meaning 'to use', and βοηθέω (boētheō), meaning 'to help'. The form ἘΧΡΗΤΟ is the 3rd person singular imperfect middle/passive indicative of χράομαι, meaning 'he/she/it was using' or 'he/she/it was being used'. The form ΒΟΗΘΩ is the 1st person singular present active indicative or subjunctive of βοηθέω, meaning 'I help' or 'I may help'. The combination as a single word 'ἘΧΡΗΤΟΒΟΗΘΩ' is highly unusual and not standard Koine Greek. It is very likely a scribal error, a misspelling, or a garbled text. If it were intended to convey 'he was using to help', it would typically be expressed with separate words, such as 'ἐχρῆτο βοηθῷ' (he was using a helper) or 'ἐχρῆτο εἰς τὸ βοηθεῖν' (he was using for the purpose of helping).
Inflection: Compound, likely a scribal error or misspelling combining 3rd person singular imperfect middle/passive indicative and 1st person singular present active indicative/subjunctive
Strong’s numbers: G5530 (Lookup on BibleHub), G0997 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 30:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΡΑΟΜΑΙ, ΒΟΗΘΕΩ.
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.
- ΧΡΗΤΟΒΟΗΘΩ — to use help, to employ help, to assist by using, to provide assistance
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