ὠφελέω (ōpheleō) means “to help” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: o-fel-eh'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
ὠφελέω · ōpheleō · to help
ὠφελέω, -ῶ (ὄφελος), [in LXX chiefly for יָעַל hi. ;] to help, benefit, do good, profit: absol., Rom.2:25; οὐδέν (do no good; see Field, Notes, 21), Mat.27:24, Jhn.6:63 12:19; with accusative of person(s), Heb.4:2; with dupl. accusative, Mrk.8:36, 1Co.14:6, Gal.5:2; pass., Heb.13:9; with accusative, Mat.15:5 16:26, Mrk.5:26 7:11, Luk.9:25, 1Co.13:3.† (AS)
STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
I help, benefit, do good, am useful (to), profit.
John Jeffrey Dodson · CC0
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| does it profit | 2 |
| you would have received | 2 |
| avail | 1 |
| has value | 1 |
| he was accomplishing | 1 |
| i gain | 1 |
| profits | 1 |
| this is doing you no good | 1 |
| value | 1 |
| was of no value | 1 |
| will be of no value | 1 |
| will i benefit | 1 |
| will it profit | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| is | 2 |
| profited | 2 |
| profiteth | 2 |
| advantaged | 1 |
| bettered | 1 |
| did | 1 |
| have | 1 |
| he could prevail | 1 |
| it profiteth me | 1 |
| profit | 1 |
| shall i profit | 1 |
| shall it profit | 1 |
| shall profit | 1 |
| thou mightest be profited | 1 |
| was | 1 |
| ye prevail | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 15 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’
Read word by wordWhat 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?
Read word by wordWhen Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
Read word by wordShe had borne much agony under the care of many physicians and had spent all she had, but to no avail. Instead, her condition had only grown worse.
Read word by wordBut 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),
Read word by wordWhat does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
Read word by wordWhat does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?
Read word by wordThe Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
Read word by wordThen the Pharisees said to one another, “You can see that this is doing you no good. Look how the whole world has gone after Him!”
Read word by wordCircumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
Read word by wordIf I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Read word by wordNow, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
Read word by wordTake notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
Read word by wordFor we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.
Read word by wordDo 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.
Read word by wordData created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data · License.
We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.
Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.
Open in Berean Blue