Strong G5622ὠφέλεια
advantage
- Transliteration
- ōpheleia
- Pronunciation
- o-fel'-i-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From a derivative of the base of G5624; usefulness that is benefit: - advantage profit.
Detailed definition
ὠφέλεια (WH, -λία), -ας, ἡ
[in LXX for יָעַל hi., בֶּצַע, etc.;]
1. assistance, help (Thuc., Plat., al.).
2. profit, advantage, benefit (Hdt., Plat., al.): Rom.3:1, Ju 16.†
(AS)
[in LXX for יָעַל hi., בֶּצַע, etc.;]
1. assistance, help (Thuc., Plat., al.).
2. profit, advantage, benefit (Hdt., Plat., al.): Rom.3:1, Ju 16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5622 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- advantage1
- profit1
First verses
- Romans 3:1What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
- Jude 1:16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὠφέλ-εια, ἡ,
required by the metre (in iambics), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 944, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 183)]; whereas ὠφελία is required in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 539 (_anapaest meter_), “fragment” 78 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 576 (Lyric poetry))]: the best codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus have ὠφελία more frequently than ὠφέλεια (although B always has ὠφέλεια in “Phdr.”), and ὠφελία)] is found in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.69.24 (5th c.BC, Prose), 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 9, and frequently in 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus, as “Mus.” p.54 K., +others)]: Ionic dialect ὠφελίη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.98, +others, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.187 (1st c.AD: Alpheus Epigrammaticus))]:— help, aid, succour, especially in war, ἔπεμπον ἐς τὴν Ἐπίδαμνον.. τὴν ὠ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.26, compare 39; τὴν ὠ. παρέχειν τινί [prev. author] 3.13, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.31; ὠ. ἀνδρὶ φέρειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 78 (Lyric poetry); ὠ. προσλήψεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.7; ἀπό τινων εὑρίσκεσθαι [prev. author] 1.31; τῆς ὠ. μεταλαμβάνειν [prev. author] 1.39; τυγχάνειν [prev. author] 6.17)]; ἐπάγεσθαί τινας ἐπ᾽ ὠφελίᾳ for aid, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.3, compare 5.38)]; ἀποχρήσασθαι τῇ ἑκατέρου ἡμῶν ὠ. to make full use of the assistance or services we both can give, [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.17; μετὰ τῶν κειμένων νόμων ὠφελίας [prev. author] 3.82, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 31)]; οὐδὲν ἰατρικῆς δεῖται οὐδ᾽ ὠφελίας or any other aid, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 217a, compare “R.” 559b)]; καὶ τοῖσιν ἑλκωθεῖσιν ὠφελίαν (ὠφέλειαν codices, unmetrically) ἔχει [Refs (“Comica Adespota” 106.8.)]
II profit, advantage, βούλευμα ἀπ᾽ οὗ.. οὐδεμία ἔμελλε ὠφελίη ἔσεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place]; εἴ τις ὠφέλειά γε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 944)]; τὴν κοινὴν ὠ. φυλάξαι the common interest of all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.80; τίς ἂν εἴη ἡμῖν ὠ. εἰδόσιν αὐτ; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 167b)]; opposed to βλάβη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus (see. below2), etc.)]; opposed to ζημία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.6; ἐπ᾽ ὠφελείᾳ ἐστί τι [prev. work] 1.4.4: with _genitive_ subjecti, τὴν ὠ. τὴν τῶν τειχέων)] their utility, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.139: with _genitive_ objecti, ἐπ᾽ ὠφελίᾳ τῶν φίλων)] for their benefit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 334b)]; ὠφελίας ἕνεκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 398b; ἐναντία τῇ ἑαυτῶν ὠ. 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.2)]; ἐν ὠ. ἐστί 'tis of use, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.35)]; after ὠφελεῖν,compare ὠφελέω [Refs (1.5.)]
II.2 source of gain or profit, service, frequently in plural, τὰς ὠ. τὰς ἐκ τῆς στρατείας.. ἐσομένας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.15; αἱ κοιναὶ ὠ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.62; αἱ ἀπὸ τινος γιγνόμεναι ὠ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.29; ὠφελίας τε καὶ βλάβας ἀποδιδοῦσα [prev. author] “R.” 332d; αἱ παρὰ τῶν μισθοδοτούντων αὐτοὺς ὠ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 15.32.)]
II.3 especially gain made in war, spoil, booty, [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.3.8, 3.82.8, “Rev.Arch.” 6(1935).31 (_plural_, Amphipolis), LXX.2Mac.8.20)]; ὠ. μεγάλαι καὶ λάφυρα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.255b; ὠφελείας ἀθροῖσαι [prev. author] “Cleom.” 12; πολλῆς ὠ. κυριεῦσαι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.36; τὴν χώραν γέμειν ὠφελείας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.80.3)]; τίθεσθαι τὰ χρήματα δι᾽ ὠφελείας to regard as booty, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.37)]; so in the chase, game, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.4)]; so of a thief, ὠ. ἑτοίμην καὶ κατειργασμένην ἀφῆκεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.4. (Prob. abstracted from οἰκ-ωφελία, which comes from οἶκον ὀφέλλειν)] 'to increase the οἶκος᾽; compare ὄφελος.)
required by the metre (in iambics), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 944, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 183)]; whereas ὠφελία is required in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 539 (_anapaest meter_), “fragment” 78 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 576 (Lyric poetry))]: the best codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus have ὠφελία more frequently than ὠφέλεια (although B always has ὠφέλεια in “Phdr.”), and ὠφελία)] is found in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.69.24 (5th c.BC, Prose), 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 9, and frequently in 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus, as “Mus.” p.54 K., +others)]: Ionic dialect ὠφελίη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.98, +others, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.187 (1st c.AD: Alpheus Epigrammaticus))]:— help, aid, succour, especially in war, ἔπεμπον ἐς τὴν Ἐπίδαμνον.. τὴν ὠ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.26, compare 39; τὴν ὠ. παρέχειν τινί [prev. author] 3.13, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.31; ὠ. ἀνδρὶ φέρειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 78 (Lyric poetry); ὠ. προσλήψεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.7; ἀπό τινων εὑρίσκεσθαι [prev. author] 1.31; τῆς ὠ. μεταλαμβάνειν [prev. author] 1.39; τυγχάνειν [prev. author] 6.17)]; ἐπάγεσθαί τινας ἐπ᾽ ὠφελίᾳ for aid, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.3, compare 5.38)]; ἀποχρήσασθαι τῇ ἑκατέρου ἡμῶν ὠ. to make full use of the assistance or services we both can give, [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.17; μετὰ τῶν κειμένων νόμων ὠφελίας [prev. author] 3.82, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 31)]; οὐδὲν ἰατρικῆς δεῖται οὐδ᾽ ὠφελίας or any other aid, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 217a, compare “R.” 559b)]; καὶ τοῖσιν ἑλκωθεῖσιν ὠφελίαν (ὠφέλειαν codices, unmetrically) ἔχει [Refs (“Comica Adespota” 106.8.)]
II profit, advantage, βούλευμα ἀπ᾽ οὗ.. οὐδεμία ἔμελλε ὠφελίη ἔσεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place]; εἴ τις ὠφέλειά γε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 944)]; τὴν κοινὴν ὠ. φυλάξαι the common interest of all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.80; τίς ἂν εἴη ἡμῖν ὠ. εἰδόσιν αὐτ; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 167b)]; opposed to βλάβη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus (see. below2), etc.)]; opposed to ζημία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.6; ἐπ᾽ ὠφελείᾳ ἐστί τι [prev. work] 1.4.4: with _genitive_ subjecti, τὴν ὠ. τὴν τῶν τειχέων)] their utility, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.139: with _genitive_ objecti, ἐπ᾽ ὠφελίᾳ τῶν φίλων)] for their benefit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 334b)]; ὠφελίας ἕνεκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 398b; ἐναντία τῇ ἑαυτῶν ὠ. 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.2)]; ἐν ὠ. ἐστί 'tis of use, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.35)]; after ὠφελεῖν,compare ὠφελέω [Refs (1.5.)]
II.2 source of gain or profit, service, frequently in plural, τὰς ὠ. τὰς ἐκ τῆς στρατείας.. ἐσομένας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.15; αἱ κοιναὶ ὠ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.62; αἱ ἀπὸ τινος γιγνόμεναι ὠ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.29; ὠφελίας τε καὶ βλάβας ἀποδιδοῦσα [prev. author] “R.” 332d; αἱ παρὰ τῶν μισθοδοτούντων αὐτοὺς ὠ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 15.32.)]
II.3 especially gain made in war, spoil, booty, [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.3.8, 3.82.8, “Rev.Arch.” 6(1935).31 (_plural_, Amphipolis), LXX.2Mac.8.20)]; ὠ. μεγάλαι καὶ λάφυρα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.255b; ὠφελείας ἀθροῖσαι [prev. author] “Cleom.” 12; πολλῆς ὠ. κυριεῦσαι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.36; τὴν χώραν γέμειν ὠφελείας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.80.3)]; τίθεσθαι τὰ χρήματα δι᾽ ὠφελείας to regard as booty, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.37)]; so in the chase, game, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.4)]; so of a thief, ὠ. ἑτοίμην καὶ κατειργασμένην ἀφῆκεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.4. (Prob. abstracted from οἰκ-ωφελία, which comes from οἶκον ὀφέλλειν)] 'to increase the οἶκος᾽; compare ὄφελος.)