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.).
G1947 — ἐπικουρία
ἐπικουρίας, ἡ (ἐπικουρέω to aid), aid, succor: [Act 26:22]. (Wis. 13:18; from Thucydides and Euripides down.)
** ἐπικουρία , - ας , ἡ
( < ἐπικουρέω to be an ἐπίκουρος , an ally),
[in LXX : Wis 13:18 * ;]
aid, assistance: [Act 26:22]. †