Ὀνήσιμος, Ὀνησίμου, ὁ (i. e. profitable, helpful; from ὄνησις profit), Onesimus, a Christian, the slave of Philemon: Phm_1:10; Col_4:9. (Cf. Lightfoots Commentary, introduction, Hackett in B. D.)

Ὀνήσιμος Onēsimos 2x Onesimus, pr. name, Col_4:9 ; Phm_1:10

Ὀνήσιμος , -ου , ὁ ( i.e . profitable, < ὄνησις , profit), Onesimus: Col_4:9 , Phm_1:10 (a common name among slaves; v. MM , iii, xviii).†

Ὀνήσιμος [page 450] This proper name ( Col_4:9 , Phm_1:10 ) from the adj. ὀνήσιμος , useful, may be illustrated from P Grenf II. 38 .17 (B.C. 81) ἢ λογεύσι ( l. σεἰ ) καὶ ἀνανκάσι ( l. σεἰ ) με Ὀνησιμωι ( l. Ὀνήσιμος ) ἀγοράσ [α ]ι κριθῆς κτλ ., P Gen I. 4 .10 (beg. iii/A.D.). ὁ ] τοῦ τόπου μου ἀμφο [δάρ ]χης Ὀνήσιμος ἀνεγράψατό με ἐπὶ κώμη [ς ] Ἀργεάδος , and from the inscrr. Magn 242 τόπος Ὀν [η ]σίμου , ib. 300 ἡ σόρος ( grave ) . Ὀνησίμου τοῦ Παυσιμάχου . Thieme (p. 40) notes that the name is specially common in the case of slaves, though not confined to them, as is shown by the mention of a γραμματεὺς Μ . Ὀνήσιμος on a coin of Caracalla s time : cf. also Ὀνησίμη in Syll 865 .5 , a woman whom a manumitted slave is to serve till her death. Dittenberger s Index (p. 89) shows other exx. : see also Lightfoot Col_2:1-23 p. 310, Zahn Introd. i. p. 458, and Hatch in JBL xxvii. (1908), p. 146.

Ὀνήσιμος, -ου, ὁ (i.e. profitable, ὄνησις, profit), Onesimus: Col.4:9, Phm 10 (a common name among slaves; see MM, iii, xviii).† (AS)