adjective

ōfelimas

Greekὠφέλιμος (ōfelimos)

Strong’sG5624

profitable, beneficial, useful

stem ōfelim-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

profitable3×value1×

What it means

* ὠφέλιμος, -ον

(< ὠφελέω),

useful, serviceable, profitable: c. dat. commod., Tit 3:8; seq. πρός, c. acc, I Ti 4:8, II Ti 3:16.†

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.

Every form

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

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

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

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

ōfelimas“profitable”subjectnominative singular3×

1 Timothy 4:8“value”tas gar sōmatikas gumnasias pros oligon atō ōfelimas, tas de eusebeias pros panteim ōfelimas atō, epangelian echarōtas zōau tau nun kai tau mellarōtau.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 come.

1 Timothy 4:8“profitable”tas gar sōmatikas gumnasias pros oligon atō ōfelimas, tas de eusebeias pros panteim ōfelimas atō, epangelian echarōtas zōau tau nun kai tau mellarōtau.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 come.

2 Timothy 3:16“profitable”pantas grafas theopneustas kai ōfelimas pros didaskalian, pros elegmon, pros epanorthōsian, pros paideian tan en dikaiosuna,All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

ōfelimeim“profitable”subject or objectdirect plural1×

Titus 3:8“profitable”Pistos tos logos, kai peri houteiu boulemō sin diabebaierō, hina frontizaleiō kaleiu ergeiu proistanerō tois pisteuarētois theo. houteim atō kaleim kai ōfelimeim toi anthrōpoi;This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable for the people.