King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5622
Transliteration: ōpheleia
Phonetic Spelling: (o-fel'-i-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: assistance, profit, benefit
Meaning: assistance, profit, benefit
ὠφέλεια (WH ὠφελία (cf. Iota)), ὠφελείας, ἡ, (ὠφελης), from (Sophocles and) Herodotus down, usefulness, advantage, profit: Romans 3:1; τῆς ὠφελείας χάριν (Polybius 3, 82, 8 (yet in the sense of 'booty')), Jude 1:16. (Job 22:3; Psalm 29:10 ())
Word Summary
ōpheleia: assistance, profit, benefit
Original Word: ὠφέλειαTransliteration: ōpheleia
Phonetic Spelling: (o-fel'-i-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: assistance, profit, benefit
Meaning: assistance, profit, benefit
Strong's Concordance
advantage, profit. From a derivative of the base of ophelimos; usefulness, i.e. Benefit -- advantage, profit.
see GREEK ophelimos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5622: ὠφέλειαὠφέλεια (WH ὠφελία (cf. Iota)), ὠφελείας, ἡ, (ὠφελης), from (Sophocles and) Herodotus down, usefulness, advantage, profit: Romans 3:1; τῆς ὠφελείας χάριν (Polybius 3, 82, 8 (yet in the sense of 'booty')), Jude 1:16. (Job 22:3; Psalm 29:10