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Lexicon :: Strong's G5623 - ōpheleō

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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:5 - But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited G5623 by me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:26 - For what is a man profited, G5623 if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:24 - When Pilate saw that he could prevail G5623 nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:26 - And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was G5623 ➔ nothing bettered, G5623 but rather grew worse,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:11 - But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by G5623 me; he shall be free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:36 - For what shall it profit G5623 a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:25 - For what is G5623 ➔ a man advantaged, G5623 if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:63

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:63 - It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth G5623 nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:19 - The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail G5623 nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:25 - For circumcision verily profiteth, G5623 if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:3 - And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me G5623 nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:6 - Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit G5623 you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:2 - Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit G5623 you nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:2 - For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did G5623 ➔ not profit G5623 them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:9 - Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have G5623 ➔ not profited G5623 them that have been occupied therein.
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