Strong's Greek Concordance

G5623: ὠφελέω

ōpheléō · “to help”

Definition

to be useful, i.e. to benefit

KJV translates it as: advantage, better, prevail, profit

Word origin: from the same as G5622 (ὠφέλεια);

Extended definition

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.†
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How G5623 is translated

  • profits ×3
  • you shall be profited, ×2
  • will it be profitable ×1
  • it availed ×1
  • having benefited ×1
  • is profited ×1
  • you gain ×1
  • i am profited. ×1
  • will i profit, ×1
  • will profit; ×1
  • did profit ×1
  • they profited ×1

Bible verses with G5623 (ōpheléō)

Ōpheléō appears in 15 verses.

  • Matthew 15:5

    But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

  • 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 innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

  • Mark 5:26

    And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

  • Mark 7:11

    But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

  • 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 prophesying, or by doctrine?

  • 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 profited them that have been occupied therein.