ὠφελέω
ōpheleō
“to help”
Definition
to be useful, i.e. to benefit
from the same as G5622 (ὠφέλεια);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Greek Verb
Occurrences
ὠφελέω appears 15 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),
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