adjective
ōfelimas
Strong’sG5624
profitable, beneficial, useful
stem ōfelim-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* ὠφέλιμος, -ον
(< ὠφελέω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5624 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saido-fel'-ee-mos
helpful or serviceable, i.e. advantageous
Fromfrom a form of G3786;
King Jamesprofit(-able).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
rarely η, ον, Refs:— helping, aiding, useful, serviceable, beneficial, sometimes of persons, as Refs 5th c.BC+: but more frequently of things, Refs 5th c.BC+; τινι to one, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔς τι for a purpose, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ὠ. as substantive, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ὑμῖν ὠ. Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb -μως Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative -ώτατα Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ōfelimos | ōfelimas3×ὠφέλιμος | ōfelimem | ōfelimois | ōfelimais | ōfelimeim1×ὠφέλιμα |
| object accusative | ōfelimon | ōfeliman | ōfelimoin | ōfelimain | ||
| direct address vocative | ōfelimor | ōfelimar | ōfelimoir | ōfelimair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | ōfelimou | ōfelimau | ōfelimeu | ōfelimoiu | ōfelimaiu | ōfelimeiu |
| to, for dative | ōfelimo | ōfelima | ōfelime | ōfelimoi | ōfelimai | ōfelimei |
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
ōfelim 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
ōfelimas“profitable”subjectnominative singular3×
1 Timothy 4:8… gar sōmatikas gumnasias pros oligon atō ōfelimas, tas de eusebeias pros panteim ōfelimas …For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every …
1 Timothy 4:8“profitable”… ōfelimas, tas de eusebeias pros panteim ōfelimas atō, epangelian echarōntas zōau tau nun …For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to …
2 Timothy 3:16“profitable”pantas grafas theopneustas kai ōfelimas pros didaskalian, pros elegmon, pros epanorthōsian, …All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for …
ōfelimeim“profitable”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Titus 3:8… pisteuarēntois theo. houteim atō kaleim kai ōfelimeim toi anthrōpoi;… deeds. These things are excellent and profitable for the people.