G512: ἀνωφελής
anōphelḗs · “useless”
Definition
useless or (neuter) inutility
KJV translates it as: unprofitable(-ness)
Word origin: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and the base of G5624 (ὠφέλιμος);
Extended definition
ἀν-ωφελής, -ές
(ἀ- neg., ὄφελος), [in LXX: Isa.44:10 (יָעַל בִּלְתִּי) Jer.2:8 (יָעַל לֹא), Pro.28:3, Wis.1:11 * ;]
unprofitable: Tit.3:9; neut. as subst., unprofitableness: Heb.7:18.†
(AS)
(ἀ- neg., ὄφελος), [in LXX: Isa.44:10 (יָעַל בִּלְתִּי) Jer.2:8 (יָעַל לֹא), Pro.28:3, Wis.1:11 * ;]
unprofitable: Tit.3:9; neut. as subst., unprofitableness: Heb.7:18.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G512 is translated
- unprofitable ×1
- uselessness — ×1
Bible verses with G512 (anōphelḗs)
Anōphelḗs appears in 2 verses.
- Titus 3:9
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
- Hebrews 7:18
For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.