adjective

anōfelas

Greekἀνωφελής (anōfelēs)

Strong’sG512

useless, unprofitable

stem anōfel-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

unprofitable1×uselessness1×

What it means

ἀν-ωφελής, -ές

(ἀ- neg., ὄφελος), [in LXX: Is 44:10 (הוֹעִיל בִּלְתִּי), Je 2:8 (הוֹעִיל לֹא), Pr 28:3, Wi 1:11*;]

unprofitable: Tit 3:9; neut. as subst., unprofitableness: He 7:18.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G512 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidan-o-fel'-ace

useless or (neuter) inutility

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and the base of G5624;

King Jamesunprofitable(-ness).

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	anōfelos	anōfelas	anōfelem1×ἀνωφελές	anōfelois	anōfelais1×ἀνωφελεῖς	anōfeleim
object accusative	anōfelon	anōfelan		anōfeloin	anōfelain
direct address vocative	anōfelor	anōfelar		anōfeloir	anōfelair
of, belonging to genitive	anōfelou	anōfelau	anōfeleu	anōfeloiu	anōfelaiu	anōfeleiu
to, for dative	anōfelo	anōfela	anōfele	anōfeloi	anōfelai	anōfelei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

anōfelstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

anōfel is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

anōfelem“uselessness”subject or objectdirect singular1×

Hebrews 7:18“uselessness”athetēsias men gar ginetō proagarōtau entolau dia tem autau asthenem kai anōfelem,So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless

anōfelais“unprofitable”subjectnominative plural1×

Titus 3:9“unprofitable”mōrain de zētēsiain kai genealogiain kai erain kai machain nomikain periistanesōr, alō gar anōfelais kai mataiais.But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these things are pointless and worthless.