noun · feminine
ōfeleias
Greekὠφέλεια (ōfeleia)
Strong’sG5622
usefulness, profit, advantage
stem ōfelei-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ὠφέλεια (WH, -λία), -ας, ἡ
[in LXX for יָעַל hi., בֶּצַע, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5622 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saido-fel'-i-ah
usefulness, i.e. benefit
Fromfrom a derivative of the base of G5624;
King Jamesadvantage, profit.
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ōfeleias1×ὠφέλεια | ōfeleiais |
| object accusative | ōfeleian | ōfeleiain |
| direct address vocative | ōfeleiar | ōfeleiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | ōfeleiau1×ὠφελείας | ōfeleiaiu |
| to, for dative | ōfeleia | ōfeleiai |
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
ōfeleia 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
ōfeleias“value”subjectnominative singular1×
Romans 3:1“value”Tinem oun tem perissem tou Ioudaiou, ē tinas tas ōfeleias tau peritomau?What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
ōfeleiau“advantage”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Jude 1:16“advantage”houtois alō gongustois, mempsimoirois, kata tain epithumiain autoiu poreuerōtois, kai tem stomem autoiu lalatō huperonkeim, thaumazarōtois prosōpeim ōfeleiau charin.These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.