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Strong's #1947 - ἐπικουρία
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- aid, succour, help
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ἐπικουρ-ία,
I Ion. -ιη, ἡ, aid, succour, Hdt. 6.100, 108, A. Pers. 731 (troch.), etc.; ἐπικουρίας δεῖσθαι Th. 1.32, X. Oec. 17.13; τῆς ἐνδείας ἐ. τὸ κέρδος Arist. EN 1163b4; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαί τινι Th. 1.33; ἐ. λαβεῖν, ἔχειν, E. Or. 266, Pl. Grg. 492c; ἀπολογίας towards one's defence, D. 49.50; σκυτίνη 'πικ., = ὄλισβος, Ar. Lys. 110.
II.
1. auxiliary force, A. Supp. 721, Th. 7.59 (pl.), Hdt. 5.63.
2.. position of the ἐπίκουροι (in Plato's Republic), Pl. R. 415c.
III. prayer for aid, entreaty, SIG 1015.24 (Halic., iii B.C.).
ἐπικουρία, ἐπικουρίας, ἡ (ἐπικουρέω to aid), aid, succor: Acts 26:22. (Wis. 13:18; from Thucydides and Euripides down.)
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** ἐπικουρία , -ας , ἡ
(< ἐπικουρέω to be an ἐπίκουρος , an ally),
[in LXX: Wisdom of Solomon 13:18 *;]
aid, assistance: Acts 26:22.†
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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 ἡμ ̣ε ̣ῖς σοι ἐπικουροῦ [μεν. Cf. ib. XIV. 1630.5 (s.v. τόπος).
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