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Lexicon :: Strong's G5623 - ōpheleō

Aa
ὠφελέω
Transliteration
ōpheleō (Key)
Pronunciation
o-fel-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as ὠφέλεια (G5622)
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Strong’s Definitions

ὠφελέω ōpheléō, o-fel-eh'-o; from the same as G5622; to be useful, i.e. to benefit:—advantage, better, prevail, profit.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G5623 in the following manner: profit (11x), prevail (2x), better (1x), advantage (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G5623 in the following manner: profit (11x), prevail (2x), better (1x), advantage (1x).

  1. to assist, to be useful or advantageous, to profit

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὠφελέω ōpheléō, o-fel-eh'-o; from the same as G5622; to be useful, i.e. to benefit:—advantage, better, prevail, profit.
STRONGS G5623:
ὠφελέω, ὠφέλω; future ὠφελήσω; 1 aorist ὠφέλησα; passive, present ὠφελοῦμαι; 1 aorist ὠφελήθην; 1 future ὠφεληθήσομαι (Matthew 16:26 L T Tr WH); (ὄφελος); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. for הועִיל; to assist, to be useful or advantageous, to profit: absolutely, Romans 2:25; with the accusative οὐδέν, to be of no use, to effect nothing, Matthew 27:24; John 6:63; John 12:19 (in these examples (John 6:63 excepted) A. V. prevail); τινα, to help or profit one, Hebrews 4:2; τινα τί to help, profit, one in a thing ((but the second accusative is a cognate accusative or the accusative of a neuter adjective or pronoun; cf. Winers Grammar, 227 (213)) so from Herodotus 3, 126 down): οὐδέν τινα, 1 Corinthians 14:6; Galatians 5:2; τί ὠφελήσει (or ὠφελεῖ (τόν)) ἄνθρωπον, ἐάν κτλ.; ((T WH follow with an infinitive)), what will (or 'doth') it profit a man if etc. ((or 'to' etc.))? Mark 8:36; passive, ὠφελοῦμαι, to be helped or profited: Hebrews 13:9; with the accusative μηδέν, Mark 5:26; οὐδέν, 1 Corinthians 13:3; with the accusative of the interrogative τί, Matthew 16:26; Luke 9:25 (here WH marginal reading gives the active); τί ἐκ τίνος (genitive of person), to be profited by one m some particular (cf. Meyer on Matt. as below; ἐκ, II. 5), Matthew 15:5; Mark 7:11.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
15:5; 16:26; 16:26; 27:24
Mark
5:26; 7:11; 8:36
Luke
9:25
John
6:63; 6:63; 12:19
Romans
2:25
1 Corinthians
13:3; 14:6
Galatians
5:2
Hebrews
4:2; 13:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5623 matches the Greek ὠφελέω (ōpheleō),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:5 - But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:26 - For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:24 - So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but that trouble was working up, he took water and, washing his hands before the people, said, The blood of this upright man is not on my hands: you are responsible.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:26 - And had undergone much at the hands of a number of medical men, and had given all she had, and was no better, but even worse,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:11 - But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:36 - What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:25 - For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:63

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:63 - The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:19 - Then the Pharisees said one to another, You see, you are unable to do anything: the world has gone after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:25 - It is true that circumcision is of use if you keep the law, but if you go against the law it is as if you had it not.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:3 - And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:6 - But, now, my brothers, if I come to you using tongues, what profit will it be to you, if I do not give you a revelation, or knowledge, or the word of the prophet, or teaching?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:2 - See, I Paul say to you, that if you undergo circumcision, Christ will be of no use to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:2 - And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:9 - Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.
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