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ὠφελέω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ὠφελέω
Greek transliteration: 
ōpheleō
Simplified transliteration: 
opheleo
Numbers
Strong's number: 
5623
GK Number: 
6067
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
15
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1d(2a)
Gloss: 
to be of good use; to have value; to help; to devote (as a gift) to God
Definition: 
to help, profit, benefit, accomplish,

, Mt. 27:24; Mk. 7:11; Rom. 2:25; be of value, Jn. 6:63

Greek-English Concordance for ὠφελέω

Matthew 15:5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or his mother, “Whatever benefit (ōphelēthēs | ὠφεληθῇς | aor pass subj 2 sg) you (ōphelēthēs | ὠφεληθῇς | aor pass subj 2 sg) might (ōphelēthēs | ὠφεληθῇς | aor pass subj 2 sg) have (ōphelēthēs | ὠφεληθῇς | aor pass subj 2 sg) received (ōphelēthēs | ὠφεληθῇς | aor pass subj 2 sg) from me is a gift to God,”
Matthew 16:26 For what advantage (ōphelēthēsetai | ὠφεληθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) will there be for a person if he gains the whole world yet forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?
Matthew 27:24 So when Pilate saw that he (ōphelei | ὠφελεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) was (ōphelei | ὠφελεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) getting (ōphelei | ὠφελεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) nowhere but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood; it is your responsibility.”
Mark 5:26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors, and had spent all she had, all yet it (ōphelētheisa | ὠφεληθεῖσα | aor pass ptcp nom sg fem) benefitted (ōphelētheisa | ὠφεληθεῖσα | aor pass ptcp nom sg fem) her (ōphelētheisa | ὠφεληθεῖσα | aor pass ptcp nom sg fem) nothing; rather she had grown worse.
Mark 7:11 But you say, ‘If a man says to his father or mother, “Whatever help (ōphelēthēs | ὠφεληθῇς | aor pass subj 2 sg) you (ōphelēthēs | ὠφεληθῇς | aor pass subj 2 sg) might (ōphelēthēs | ὠφεληθῇς | aor pass subj 2 sg) have (ōphelēthēs | ὠφεληθῇς | aor pass subj 2 sg) received (ōphelēthēs | ὠφεληθῇς | aor pass subj 2 sg) from me is Corban” (that is, given to God),
Mark 8:36 For what does it profit (ōphelei | ὠφελεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?
Luke 9:25 For what good will it do (ōpheleitai | ὠφελεῖται | pres pass ind 3 sg) a person who has gained the whole world but has lost or forfeited his very self?
John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
John 12:19 The Pharisees therefore said to one another, “You see, you are accomplishing (ōpheleite | ὠφελεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!”
Romans 2:25 to be sure, circumcision is of value (ōphelei | ὠφελεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) if you practice the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
1 Corinthians 13:3 If I give away everything I own, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it (ōpheloumai | ὠφελοῦμαι | pres pass ind 1 sg) benefits (ōpheloumai | ὠφελοῦμαι | pres pass ind 1 sg) me (ōpheloumai | ὠφελοῦμαι | pres pass ind 1 sg) nothing.
1 Corinthians 14:6 But as it is, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will (ōphelēsō | ὠφελήσω | fut act ind 1 sg) I (ōphelēsō | ὠφελήσω | fut act ind 1 sg) benefit (ōphelēsō | ὠφελήσω | fut act ind 1 sg) you unless I impart to you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
Galatians 5:2 Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you agree to circumcision, Christ will (ōphelēsei | ὠφελήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) be (ōphelēsei | ὠφελήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) of (ōphelēsei | ὠφελήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) no benefit (ōphelēsei | ὠφελήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) to (ōphelēsei | ὠφελήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) you.
Hebrews 4:2 For we also had good news proclaimed to us just as they did; but the word they heard did (ōphelēsen | ὠφέλησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) not benefit (ōphelēsen | ὠφέλησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) those who were not united with those who listened in faith
Hebrews 13:9 Do not be swept off your feet by all sorts of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, with which their adherents are (ōphelēthēsan | ὠφελήθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) not benefited (ōphelēthēsan | ὠφελήθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl).