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I wish!

ὄφελονStrong’s G3785

ophelon

Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament

In short

Ophelon is the Greek word usually translated “wish” and “wish that”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.

“Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.”
1 Corinthians 4:8 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “wish” and “wish that”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • i wish 3
  • i wish that 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Corinthians 1
  • 2 Corinthians 1
  • Galatians 1
  • Revelation 1

4 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ὄφελον ophelon · I wish!

ὄφελον 2 aorist of ὀφείλω, without the augment (see M, Pr., 201n), used to express a fruitless wish; [in LXX (with aor. indic.): Exo.16:3 (נָתַן מִי), Num.14:2 Num.20:3 (לוּא), Psa.119:5 (אַחֲלַי), etc. ;] in cl. with an infin. (chiefly poët.), would that: with indic. aor., 1Co.4:8; impf., 2Co.11:1, Rev.3:15; fut., Gal.5:12 (a practicable wish, see 131., 206 f., 220. The construction with indic. is only found in late writers.)† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “wish” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

WISH, verb intransitive

[G.]

  1. To have a desire, or strong desire, either for what is or is not supposed to be obtainable.“They have more than heart could wish” Psalms 73:7“I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper” 3 John 1:2“They cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day” Acts 27:29
  2. To be disposed or inclined; as, to wish well to anothers affairs.
  3. It sometimes partakes of hope or fear.
All definitions and other forms of “wish”

    WISH, verb transitive

    1. To desire.“Let them be driven backward and put to shame, that wish me evil” Psalms 40:14
    2. To long for; to desire eagerly or ardently.
    3. To recommend by wishing.
    4. To imprecate; as, to wish curses on an enemy.
    5. To ask; to express desire.

    WISH, noun

    1. Desire; sometimes, eager desire. Job 33:6
    2. Desire expressed.
    3. Thing desired.

    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.