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Lexicon :: Strong's G3785 - ophelon

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ὄφελον
Transliteration
ophelon (Key)
Pronunciation
of'-el-on
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Part of Speech
particle
Root Word (Etymology)
First person singular of a past tense of ὀφείλω (G3784)
mGNT
4x in 2 unique form(s) TR
4x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

ὄφελον óphelon, of'-el-on; first person singular of a past tense of G3784; I ought (wish), i.e. (interjection) oh that!:—would (to God).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G3785 in the following manner: I would (2x), I would to God (1x), would to God (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G3785 in the following manner: I would (2x), I would to God (1x), would to God (1x).

  1. would that, where one wishes that a thing had happened which has not happened or a thing be done which probably will not be done

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὄφελον óphelon, of'-el-on; first person singular of a past tense of G3784; I ought (wish), i.e. (interjection) oh that!:—would (to God).
STRONGS G3785:
ὄφελον (for ὠφελον, without the augment, 2 aorist of ὀφείλω; in earlier Greek with an infinitive, as ὠφελον θανεῖν, I ought to have died, expressive of a wish, equivalent to would that I were dead; in later Greek it assumes the nature of an interjection, to be rendered) would that, where one wishes that a thing had happened which has not happened, or that a thing be done which probably will not be done (cf. Winers Grammar, 301f (283); Buttmann, § 150, 5): with an optative present Revelation 3:15 Rec.; with an indicative imperfect, Rev. ibid. G L T Tr WH; 2 Corinthians 11:1 (Epictetus diss. 2, 18, 15; Ignatius ad Smyrn. c. 12 [ET]); with an indicative aorist, 1 Corinthians 4:8 (Psalm 118:5 (Ps. 119:5); ὄφελον ἀπεθάνομεν, Exodus 16:3; Numbers 14:2; Numbers 20:3); with the future, Galatians 5:12 (Lucian, soloec. (or Pseudosoph.) 1, where this construction is classed as a solecism). Cf. Passow, ii., p. 603{a}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word ὀφείλω, II. 3).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
16:3
Numbers
14:2; 20:3
Psalms
118:5; 119:5
1 Corinthians
4:8
2 Corinthians
11:1
Galatians
5:12
Revelation
3:15

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Strong's Number G3785 matches the Greek ὄφελον (ophelon),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:8 - ἤδη κεκορεσμένοι ἐστέ ἤδη ἐπλουτήσατε χωρὶς ἡμῶν ἐβασιλεύσατε καὶ ὄφελόν G3785 γε ἐβασιλεύσατε ἵνα καὶ ἡμεῖς ὑμῖν συμβασιλεύσωμεν

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:1 - ὄφελον G3785 ἀνείχεσθέ μου μικρόν τι ἀφροσύνης ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀνέχεσθέ μου

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:12 - ὄφελον G3785 καὶ ἀποκόψονται οἱ ἀναστατοῦντες ὑμᾶς

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:15 - οἶδά σου τὰ ἔργα ὅτι οὔτε ψυχρὸς εἶ οὔτε ζεστός ὄφελον G3785 ψυχρὸς ἦς ἢ ζεστός
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