Quick Definition
help, aid
Strong's Definition
assistance
Derivation: from a compound of G1909 (ἐπί) and a (prolonged) form of the base of G2877 (κοράσιον) (in the sense of servant);
KJV Usage: help
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπικουρία, ἐπικουρίας, ἡ (ἐπικουρέω to aid), aid, succor: Act_26:22. (Wis_13:18; from Thucydides and Euripides down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπικουρία epikouria 1x
help, assistance, Act_26:22
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἐπικουρία , -ας , ἡ
( < ἐπικουρέω to be an ἐπίκουρος , an ally ),
[in LXX : Wis_13:18 * ;]
aid, assistance: Act_26:22 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπικουρία [page 240]
For this word which in the NT is peculiar to Luke (cf. Hobart, p. 267), see Syll 601 .24 (iii/B.C.) ποιείσθω δὲ ἡ ἱέρεια καθ ἑκάστην νουμηνίαν ἐπικουρίαν ὑπὲρ πόλεως . The adj. with reference to auxiliary or mercenary troops is found in OGIS 338 .17 (B.C. 133) δεδόσθαι πολιτείαν . . παραφυλακίταις καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐ [πικού ]ροις τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν ἢ ἐνεκτημένοις ἐν τ [ῆι πόλει ] ἢ τῆι χώραι . An Imperial rescript of late iii/A.D. shows the verb P Oxy XII. 1407 .6 ἡμ̣ε̣ῖς σοι ἐπικουροῦ [μεν . Cf. ib. XIV. 1630 .5 ( s.v. τόπος ).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐπικουρία ἐπικουρία, ἡ, [Etym: ἐπικουρέω] "aid, succour", Hdt. , Aesch. , etc. "an auxiliary or mercenary force", Hdt. , Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐπικουρία, -ας, ἡ
(ἐπικουρέω to be an ἐπίκουρος, an ally) [in LXX: Wis.13:18 * ;]
aid, assistance: Act.26:22.†
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