Strong G512ἀνωφελής
useless
- Transliteration
- anōpheles
- Pronunciation
- an-o-fel'-ace
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀν-ωφελής, -ές
(ἀ- neg., ὄφελος), [in LXX: Isa.44:10 (יָעַל בִּלְתִּי) Jer.2:8 (יָעַל לֹא), Pro.28:3, Wis.1:11 *;]
unprofitable: Tit.3:9; neut. as subst., unprofitableness: Heb.7:18.†
(AS)
(ἀ- neg., ὄφελος), [in LXX: Isa.44:10 (יָעַל בִּלְתִּי) Jer.2:8 (יָעַל לֹא), Pro.28:3, Wis.1:11 *;]
unprofitable: Tit.3:9; neut. as subst., unprofitableness: Heb.7:18.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G512 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- unprofitable1
- unprofitableness1
First verses
- Titus 3:9But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
- Hebrews 7:18For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀνωφελ-ής, ές,
unprofitable, useless, ἁβροσύναι[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 3.1; γόοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 33; σκιά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1159; πάντα ἀ. ἦν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.47; ἀ. αὑτῷ τε καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 496d, +others)]
2 hurtful, prejudicial, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.33; τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 334a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.27)]: comparative -έστερος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 48, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 13.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 284e)]. adverb -λῶς[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1095a5, “PLond.” 3.908.28 (2nd c.AD).)]
unprofitable, useless, ἁβροσύναι[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 3.1; γόοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 33; σκιά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1159; πάντα ἀ. ἦν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.47; ἀ. αὑτῷ τε καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 496d, +others)]
2 hurtful, prejudicial, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.33; τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 334a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.27)]: comparative -έστερος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 48, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 13.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 284e)]. adverb -λῶς[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1095a5, “PLond.” 3.908.28 (2nd c.AD).)]