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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:8 - Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:1 - I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:12 - I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:15 - “‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot!
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