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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

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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 - وَلَكِنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ: مَنْ قَالَ لأَبِيهِ أَوْ أُمِّهِ: إِنَّ مَا أَعُولُكَ بِهِ قَدْ قَدَّمْتُهُ قُرْبَاناً لِلْهَيْكَلِ،

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:26 - فَمَاذَا يَنْتَفِعُ الإِنْسَانُ لَوْ رَبِحَ الْعَالَمَ كُلَّهُ وَخَسِرَ نَفْسَهُ؟ أَوْ مَاذَا يُقَدِّمُ الإِنْسَانُ فِدَاءً عَنْ نَفْسِهِ؟

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:24 - فَلَمَّا رَأَى بِيلاطُسُ أَنَّهُ لَا فَائِدَةَ، وَأَنَّ فِتْنَةً تَكَادُ تَنْشَبُ بِالأَحْرَى، أَخَذَ مَاءً وَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ أَمَامَ الْجَمْعِ، وَقَالَ: «أَنَا بَرِيءٌ مِنْ دَمِ هَذَا الْبَارِّ. فَانْظُرُوا أَنْتُمْ فِي الأَمْرِ!»

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:26 - وَقَدْ عَانَتِ الْكَثِيرَ مِنَ الأَلَمِ عَلَى أَيْدِي أَطِبَّاءَ كَثِيرِينَ، وَأَنْفَقَتْ فِي سَبِيلِ عِلاجِهَا كُلَّ مَا تَمْلِكُ، فَلَمْ تَجْنِ أَيَّةَ فَائِدَةٍ، بَلْ بِالأَحْرَى ازْدَادَتْ حَالَتُهَا سُوءاً.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:11 - وَلكِنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ: إِذَا قَالَ أَحَدٌ لأَبِيهِ أَوْ أُمِّهِ: إِنَّ مَا كُنْتُ أَعُولُكَ بِهِ قَدْ جَعَلْتُهُ قُرْبَاناً، أَيْ تَقْدِمَةً لِلْهَيْكَلِ،

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:36 - فَمَاذَا يَنْتَفِعُ الإِنْسَانُ لَوْ رَبِحَ الْعَالَمَ كُلَّهُ وَخَسِرَ نَفْسَهُ؟

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:25 - فَمَاذَا يَنْتَفِعُ الإِنْسَانُ لَوْ رَبِحَ الْعَالَمَ كُلَّهُ وَخَسِرَ نَفْسَهُ أَوْ أَهْلَكَهَا؟

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:63

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:63 - الرُّوحُ هُوَ الَّذِي يُعْطِي الْحَيَاةَ، أَمَّا الْجَسَدُ فَلا يُفِيدُ شَيْئاً. الْكَلامُ الَّذِي كَلَّمْتُكُمْ بِهِ هُوَ رُوحٌ وَحَيَاةٌ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:19 - فَقَالَ الْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: «أَرَأَيْتُمْ كَيْفَ أَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَسْتَفِيدُوا شَيْئاً؟ هَا قَدِ انْطَلَقَ الْعَالَمُ كُلُّهُ وَرَاءَهُ!»

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:25 - فَإِنَّ الْخِتَانَ يَنْفَعُ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْمَلُ بِالشَّرِيعَةِ. وَلكِنْ إِنْ كُنْتَ مُخَالِفاً لِلشَّرِيعَةِ، فَقَدْ صَارَ خِتَانُكَ كَأَنَّهُ عَدَمُ خِتَانٍ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:3 - وَلَوْ قَدَّمْتُ أَمْوَالِي كُلَّهَا لِلإِطْعَامِ، وَسَلَّمْتُ جَسَدِي لأُحْرَقَ، وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي مَحَبَّةٌ، لَمَا كُنْتُ أَنْتَفِعُ شَيْئاً.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:6 - وَالآنَ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، افْرِضُوا أَنِّي جِئْتُكُمْ مُتَكَلِّماً بِلُغَاتٍ مَجْهُولَةٍ، فَأَيَّةَ مَنْفَعَةٍ تَنَالُونَ مِنِّي، إِلّا إِذَا كَلَّمْتُكُمْ بِإِعْلانٍ أَوْ عِلْمٍ أَوْ نُبُوءَةٍ أَوْ تَعْلِيمٍ؟

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:2 - هَا أَنَا بُولُسُ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنْ خُتِنْتُمْ، لَا يَنْفَعُكُمُ الْمَسِيحُ شَيْئاً.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:2 - ذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْبِشَارَةَ بِالْوَعْدِ قَدْ وَصَلَتْ إِلَيْنَا، نَحْنُ أَيْضاً، كَمَا كَانَتْ قَدْ وَصَلَتْ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الشَّعْبِ. وَلَكِنَّ الْبِشَارَةَ لَمْ تَنْفَعْ سَامِعِيهَا شَيْئاً، لأَنَّهُمْ قَابَلُوهَا بِالرَّفْضِ فَلَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِها.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:9 - فَلا تَنْخَدِعُوا وَتَتْبَعُوا تِلْكَ التَّعَالِيمَ الْغَرِيبَةَ الْمُتَنَوِّعَةَ، فَمِنَ الأَفْضَلِ أَنْ يُثَبَّتَ الْقَلْبُ بِالنِّعْمَةِ لَا بِنُظُمِ الأَطْعِمَةِ الَّتِي لَمْ تَنْفَعِ الْمُتَقَيِّدِينَ بِها.
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