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Ὀνήσιμος, ου, ὁ n.m. Onesimus
Strong's Definition
from 3685; profitable; Onesimus, a Christian
KJV Usage: Onesimus
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Ὀνήσιμος Onēsimos 2x
Onesimus, pr. name, Col. 4:9; Phlm. 10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Ὀνήσιμος, -ου, ὁ
(i.e. profitable, < ὄνησις, profit),
Onesimus: Col 4:9, Phm 10 (a common name among slaves; v. MM, iii, xviii).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
᾿Ονήσιμος. This proper name (Col 45, Philem?°) from the adj. ὀνήσιμος, ‘‘useful,’’ may be illustrated from P Grenf II. 3817 (B.C. 81) ἢ λογεύσι (1. -σει) Kal ἀνανκάσι (1. -σει) pe ᾽Ὄνησιμωι (1. ᾿Ονήσιμος) ἀγοράστα]ι κριθῆς κτὰλ., P Gen I. 47° (beg. ili/A.D.) 6] τοῦ τόπου μου ἀμφο[δάρ]χης ᾿Ονήσιμος ἀνεγράψατό με ἐπὶ κώμη[5] ᾿Αργεάδος, and from the inscrr. Magn 242 τόπος ᾿Ον[η]σίμου, 75. 300 4 σόρος (“ grave ”) ᾽Ονησίμου τοῦ Tlavoipaxov. 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 ypappateds M. ᾿Ονήσιμος on a coin of Caracalla’s time: cf. also ᾿᾽Ονησίμη in Sy// 865°, a woman whom a manumitted slave is to serve till her death. Dittenberger’s Index (p. 89) shows other exx.: see also Lightfoot Co/.? p. 310, Zahn Introd. i. p. 458, and Hatch in 78. xxvii. (1908), p. 146.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
Ὀνήσιμος (Onēsimos) — Onesimus. ὀνήσῐ-μος, ον, useful, profitable, beneficial, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; aiding, succouring, ἔγχος [Refs]. adverb -μως[Refs 5th c.BC+]