Strong G3786ὄφελος
gain
- Transliteration
- ophelos
- Pronunciation
- of'-el-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From ὀφέλλω ophellō (to heap up that is accumulate or benefit); gain: - advantageth profit.
Detailed definition
ὄφελος, -ονς, τό
(ὀφέλλω, to increase) [in LXX: Job.15:3 (יָעַל hi.)*;]
advantage, help: 1Co.15:32, Jas.2:14, 16.†
(AS)
(ὀφέλλω, to increase) [in LXX: Job.15:3 (יָעַל hi.)*;]
advantage, help: 1Co.15:32, Jas.2:14, 16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3786 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- profit2
- advantageth1
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 15:32If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
- James 2:14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
- James 2:16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὄφελος, τό,
(ὀφέλλω B) only in nominative and accusative singular, furtherance, advantage, help, αἴ κ᾽ ὄφελός τι γενώμεθα in case we can be of any use, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.236)]; ὅς τοι πόλλ᾽ ὄ. γένετο who was a help to thee in many matters, [Refs (17.152)]; οὐδὲν σοί γ᾽ ὄ. not as any good to thee,; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 504e, compare 513e)]; τί ζῆν ὄ. ᾧ μή 'στι τὸ ζῆν εἰδέναι ; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 104.)]
2 with genitive, φυγᾶς ὄ. εἴ τί μοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 737 (Lyric poetry); τῶν ὄ. ἐστι οὐδέν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.68. ; οἷσι.. οὐδὲν ὄ. ἐστιν οὔτε χρημάτων οὔτε τῶν ἄλλων οὐδενὸς ἄτερ τῆς ὑγιείης 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 3.69; τί τῆς εὐμορφίας ὄ.; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 548)]; ἐλευθερίας οὐδὲν ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.17; ἐάν τι ἡμῶν ὡς νομοθετῶν ὄ. ᾖ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 530c; ἀνὴρ ὅτου τι καὶ σμικρὸν ὄ. ἐστιν [prev. author] “Ap.” 28b; γεωργοῦ ἀργοῦ οὐδὲν ὄφελος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.18; μαγείρῳ μαχαίρας οὐδὲν ὄ. ἥτις μὴ τέμνει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.46; τί δ᾽ ὄ. εὖ λαλοῦντος, ἂν κακῶς φρον; 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 821.)]
3 ὅ τι πέρ ἐστ᾽ ὄ. ἐν τῇ πόλει all that is best, all the best people, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 53, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herod.” 8: with _genitive_, ὅ τι περ ὄ. τοῦ στρατεύματος)] the serviceable part (or perhaps the flower) of the army, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.6, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 13.18)]; ὅ τι περ.. ἀπληστίας ὄ. the flower (acme) of gluttony, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 55.)]
4 with genitive objecti, help against a thing, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 518.)]
(ὀφέλλω B) only in nominative and accusative singular, furtherance, advantage, help, αἴ κ᾽ ὄφελός τι γενώμεθα in case we can be of any use, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.236)]; ὅς τοι πόλλ᾽ ὄ. γένετο who was a help to thee in many matters, [Refs (17.152)]; οὐδὲν σοί γ᾽ ὄ. not as any good to thee,; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 504e, compare 513e)]; τί ζῆν ὄ. ᾧ μή 'στι τὸ ζῆν εἰδέναι ; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 104.)]
2 with genitive, φυγᾶς ὄ. εἴ τί μοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 737 (Lyric poetry); τῶν ὄ. ἐστι οὐδέν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.68. ; οἷσι.. οὐδὲν ὄ. ἐστιν οὔτε χρημάτων οὔτε τῶν ἄλλων οὐδενὸς ἄτερ τῆς ὑγιείης 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 3.69; τί τῆς εὐμορφίας ὄ.; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 548)]; ἐλευθερίας οὐδὲν ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.17; ἐάν τι ἡμῶν ὡς νομοθετῶν ὄ. ᾖ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 530c; ἀνὴρ ὅτου τι καὶ σμικρὸν ὄ. ἐστιν [prev. author] “Ap.” 28b; γεωργοῦ ἀργοῦ οὐδὲν ὄφελος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.18; μαγείρῳ μαχαίρας οὐδὲν ὄ. ἥτις μὴ τέμνει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.46; τί δ᾽ ὄ. εὖ λαλοῦντος, ἂν κακῶς φρον; 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 821.)]
3 ὅ τι πέρ ἐστ᾽ ὄ. ἐν τῇ πόλει all that is best, all the best people, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 53, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herod.” 8: with _genitive_, ὅ τι περ ὄ. τοῦ στρατεύματος)] the serviceable part (or perhaps the flower) of the army, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.6, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 13.18)]; ὅ τι περ.. ἀπληστίας ὄ. the flower (acme) of gluttony, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 55.)]
4 with genitive objecti, help against a thing, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 518.)]