ὠφελέω ōpheleō

Greek word for “to help” · Strong’s G5623 · used 15 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

ὠφελέω, -ῶ; (ὄφελος);

How it is translated

Glosses given for ōpheleō in context, with how often each is used:

• profits 3
• profited 3
• shall be profited 2
• will it be profitable 1
• availed 1
• having benefited 1
• gain 1
• will i profit 1
• will profit 1
• did profit 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 15 (1), Matthew 16 (1), Matthew 27 (1), Mark 5 (1), Mark 7 (1), Mark 8 (1), Luke 9 (1), John 6 (1), John 12 (1), Romans 2 (1)

Forms

• ὠφελεῖ 4
• ὠφεληθῇς 2
• ὠφεληθήσεται 1
• ὠφεληθεῖσα 1
• ὠφελεῖται 1
• ὠφελεῖτε 1
• ὠφελοῦμαι 1
• ὠφελήσω 1
• ὠφελήσει 1
• ὠφέλησεν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ōpheleō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἐάν ean “if” 7
• ζημιόω zēmioō “to lose” 3
• κερδαίνω kerdainō “to gain” 3
• οὐδείς oudeis “none” 5
• ἤ ē “or” 5
• κόσμος kosmos “world” 4
• ὅλος holos “all” 3
• δῶρον dōron “gift” 2
• ἴδε ide “look!” 2
• διδαχή didachē “teaching” 2
• μήτηρ mētēr “mother” 2
• μᾶλλον mallon “more” 2

Key verses

The verses using ōpheleō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 16:26 — For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
• Matthew 27:24 — When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am…
• Mark 8:36 — For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
• Luke 9:25 — For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
• John 6:63 — It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
• John 12:19 — The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
• Romans 2:25 — For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
• 1 Corinthians 13:3 — And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
• 1 Corinthians 14:6 — Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by…
• Galatians 5:2 — Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
• Hebrews 4:2 — For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
• Hebrews 13:9 — Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.