Useless
ἀνωφελήςStrong’s G0512anōphelēs
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Anōphelēs is the Greek word usually translated “unprofitable” and “uselessness”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.”
Meaning
Usually translated “unprofitable” and “uselessness”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- unprofitable 1
- uselessness 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Titus 1
- Hebrews 1
2 books in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἀνωφελής anōphelēs · useless
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “useless” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
U'SELESS, adjective
Having no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; as a useless garment; useless pity.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.