ὄφελος
ophelos · benefit, use
Greek word · Strong’s number G3786 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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ophelos (ὄφελος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “benefit, use”.
Profit.
How to say it
o·phe·los
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The gain or use something brings.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- good is it ×2
- benefit ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Corinthians 15:32
If from a human point of view I fought wild beasts in Ephesus, what is the benefit to me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
- James 2:14
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? That faith cannot save him, can it?
- James 2:16
and one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and be filled, but you do not give them the things needed for the body, what good is it?