To help
ὠφελέωStrong’s G5623ōpheleō
Appears in 15 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ōpheleō is the Greek word usually translated “profits”, “shall be profited” and “it be profitable”. It appears in 15 verses of the New Testament.
“But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;”
Meaning
Usually translated “profits”, “shall be profited” and “it be profitable”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's 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
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 3
- Mark 3
- John 2
- 1 Corinthians 2
- Hebrews 2
- Luke 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 16:26For 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 27:24When 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 5:26And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
- Mark 7:11But 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 8:36For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
- Luke 9:25For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Greek dictionary
ὠφελέω ōpheleō · to help
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.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “help” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HELP, verb transitive
A regular verb; the old past tense and participle holp and holpen being obsolete.
- To aid; to assist; to lend strength or means towards effecting a purpose; as, to help a man in his work; to help another in raising a building; to help one to pay his debts; to help the memory or the understanding.
- To assist; to succor; to lend means of deliverance; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison.
- To relieve; to cure, or to mitigate pain or disease.
- To remedy; to change for the better.
All definitions and other forms of “help”
- To prevent; to hinder.
- To forbear; to avoid.
HELP, verb intransitive
To lend aid; to contribute strength or means.
HELP, noun
Aid; assistance; strength or means furnished towards promoting an object, or deliverance from difficulty or distress.
- “Give us help from trouble; for vain is the help of man” Psalms 60:11
- That which gives assistance; he or that which contributes to advance a purpose.“God is a very present help in time of trouble” Psalms 46:1
- Remedy; relief.
- A hired man or woman; a servant.
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.