Boetheia denotes aid supplied for a concrete need, whether stabilizing a ship or sought at an opportune time.

The two verses show aid in two concrete settings: plural assistance used to undergird a ship and singular aid sought at an opportune time. The limited evidence supports related applications rather than a securely defined broader range.

1. Practical assistance in an immediate need · dominant

   In Acts 27:17, the dative plural form occurs in the clause about using supports to undergird the ship; the APB renders the action as using “helps.” In Hebrews 4:16, the accusative singular form stands in the purpose of finding grace for aid at the needed time; the APB renders the clause “find grace for opportune help.”

   Acts 27:17Hebrews 4:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term through “helps” in the ship-underpinning clause of Acts 27:17 and “opportune help” in Hebrews 4:16. These renderings confirm the verses' settings without fixing a separate lexical sense for each English phrase.