G3786: ὄφελος
óphelos · “gain”
Definition
gain
KJV translates it as: advantageth, profit
Word origin: from (to heap up, i.e. accumulate or benefit);
Extended definition
ὄφελος, -ονς, τό
(ὀφέλλω, to increase) [in LXX: Job.15:3 (יָעַל hi.)* ;]
advantage, help: 1Co.15:32, Jas.2:14, 16.†
(AS)
(ὀφέλλω, to increase) [in LXX: Job.15:3 (יָעַל hi.)* ;]
advantage, help: 1Co.15:32, Jas.2:14, 16.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3786 is translated
- profit? ×2
- profit, ×1
Bible verses with G3786 (óphelos)
Óphelos appears in 3 verses.
- 1 Corinthians 15:32
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
- James 2:14
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
- James 2:16
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?