Quick Definition
advantage, gain, profit
Strong's Definition
gain
Derivation: from (to heap up, i.e. accumulate or benefit);
KJV Usage: advantageth, profit
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὄφελος, ὀφελους, τό (ὀφέλλω to increase), advantage, profit: 1Co_15:32; Jas_2:14; Jas_2:16. (From Homer down; the Sept. Job_15:3.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὄφελος ophelos 3x
profit, benefit, advantage, 1Co_15:32 ; Jas_2:14 ; Jas_2:16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὄφελος , -ονς , τό
( < ὀφέλλω , to increase),
[in LXX : Job_15:3 ( H3276 hi .) * ;]
advantage, help: 1Co_15:32 , Jas_2:14 ; Jas_2:16 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὄφελος [page 469]
ὄφελος , which in the NT is confined to 1Co_15:32 , Jas_2:14 ; Jas_2:16 (cf. Job_15:3 , the only occurrence in the LXX), is seen in P Oxy I. 118 verso .80 (late iii/A.D.) οὐδὲν γὰρ ὄφελος ὑστερησάντων τῶν χρειωδῶν τῇ παρουσίᾳ αὐτοῦ , it is of no use if a person comes too late for what required his presence (Edd.) : cf. ib. XII. 1468 .6 ( c. A.D. 258) τοῖς κακουργεῖν προχείρως ἔχουσιν τέχνῃ οὐ δικαίας ἐπινοίας πρὸς τῷ μηδὲν ὄφελος ἔχειν ἔτι καὶ κτλ ., the wicked designs of those who are ready to commit crimes by artifice are not only made to be of no avail, but etc. (Edd.), and from the inscrr. OGIS 519 .28 (A.D. 244 7) οὐδὲν ὄφελο [ς ἡ ]μεῖν ἐκ ταύτης τῆ [ς ἀντιγραφῆς ἐγένετο .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ὄφελος ὄφελος, εος, τό, [Etym: ὀφέλλω2] [Etym: only in nom.] "furtherance, advantage, help", used often (like "opus)" as an indecl. adj., αἴ κ᾽ ὄφελός τι γενώμεθα whether we can be "of any use", Il. ; τί δῆτ᾽ ἂν εἴης ὄφ. ἡμῖν; what "good" couldst thou be to us? Ar. ; c. inf., τί ὄφ. σώματι κάμνοντι σιτία διδόναι; Plat. ; c. gen., τῶν ὄφελός ἐστι οὐδέν of which there is no "profit", Hdt. ; ὄφ. οὐδὲν γεωργοῦ ἀργοῦ Xen. ;—but, ὅ τι περ ὄφελος στρατεύματος "the serviceable part" of the army, id=Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ὄφελος, -ονς, τό
(ὀφέλλω, to increase) [in LXX: Job.15:3 (יָעַל hi.)* ;]
advantage, help: 1Co.15:32, Jas.2:14, 16.†
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