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Greekὄφελον (ofelon)
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ofelon

Strong’sG3785

O that! I wish! Would that!

stem ofel-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books

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.

ὄφελον, 2 aor. of ὀφείλω, without the augment (v. M, Pr., 201n), used to express a fruitless wish;

[in LXX (with aor. indic.): Ex 16:3 (מִי־יִתֵּן), Nu 14:3 (2) 20:3 (לוּא), Ps 118 (119):5 (אַחֲלֵי), etc.;]

in cl. with an infin. (chiefly poët.),
would that: with indic. aor., I Co 4:8; impf., II Co 11:1, Re 3:15; fut., Ga 5:12 (a practicable wish, v. Bl., 206 f., 220. The construction with indic. is only found in late writers.)†

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

Strong’s G3785 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidof'-el-on

I ought (wish), i.e. (interjection) oh that!

Fromfirst person singular of a past tense of G3784;

King Jameswould (to God).

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
Included with: ὀφείλ-ω,
imperfect ὤφειλον; Epic dialect ὀφέλλω (also Aeolic dialect, Refs 4th c.BC+imperfect ὤφελλον or ὄφελλον, see infr. II. Refs 8th c.BC+: future ὀφειλήσω Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist 1 ὠφείλησα Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐπ-): perfect ὠφείληκα: pluperfect -ήκεινRefs 4th c.BC+aorist 2 ὤφελον (see. below Refs:—passive, aorist participle ὀφειληθείς Refs 5th c.BC+. (Cretan dialect ὀφήλω Refs, written ὀπέλο Refs 4th c.AD+ ὀφέλλω (see. above) and ὀφήλω Refs 4th c.BC+: in early Attic dialect Inscrr. written both ὀφελ -IG 12.91.8Refs:—owe, have to pay or account for, τὸ καὶ μοιχάγρι᾽ ὀφέλλει Refs 8th c.BC+; ὅτι μοι.. ζωάγρι᾽ ὀφέλλειςRefs 8th c.BC+; τί ὀφείλω; what do I owe? Refs 5th c.BC+; ὀ. ἀργύριον, χρέα, Refs 5th c.BC+ to be debtor to another, Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, to be in debt, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ ὀφείλοντες debtors, Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, to be due, ἔνθα χρεῖός μοι ὀφέλλεται (variant{ὀφείλεται}) Refs 8th c.BC+; τὸ ὀφειλόμενον a debt,Refs 5th c.BC+
2 metaphorically, ὀ. μέλος τινί Refs 5th c.BC+; ὀ. χάριν, see at {χάρις} Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, ὀφείλεταί τινι ἐκ θεῶν κλέος Refs 5th c.BC+; τοὐφειλόμενον πράσσουσα Δίκη what is due, Refs 4th c.BC+
3 as a legal term, to be bound to render, εὐθύνας ὤφειλον Refs 5th c.BC+, incur a penalty, ζημίαν Refs 5th c.BC+
4 in passive, of persons, to be due or liable to, θανάτῳ πάντες ὀφειλόμεθα LXX+4th c.BC+our help is due, Refs 1st c.BC+
II with infinitive, to be bound, to be obliged to do, ὀφέλλετε ταῦτα πένεσθαι ye are bound, ye ought to.., Refs 8th c.BC+; and of things, ought to be, ὁ λόγος οὐκ ἀκριβῶς ὀ. λέγεσθαι Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, δράσαντι γάρ τοι καὶ παθεῖν ὀφείλεται Refs 4th c.BC+; σοὶ τοῦτ᾽ ὀφείλεται παθεῖν it is thy destiny to.., Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 in this signification Epic dialect imperfect ὤφελλον or ὄφελλον and aorist ὤφελον or ὄφελον are used of that which one has not, but ought to have, done (ought being the pret. of owe), ὤφελεν ἀθανάτοισιν εὔχεσθαι Refs 8th c.BC+
II.3 these tenses are also used, followed by present or aorist infinitive, in wishes that something were or had been in present or past, ἀνδρὸς.. ὤφελλον ἀμείνονος εἶναι ἄκοιτις I ought to be.., would that I were.. ! Refs 8th c.BC+; τὴν ὄφελ᾽ ἐν νήεσσι κατακτάμεν Ἄρτεμις would that Artemis had slain her !, Refs 8th c.BC+ O that thou hadst!, Refs 8th c.BC+ O that I had.. !,Refs 8th c.BC+; ὡς ὄφελεν.. Refs 8th c.BC+.. would thou hadst never.. !, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὤφελες.. Refs 5th c.BC+; ὤφελε.. Refs 5th c.BC+; εἴθ᾽ ὤφελ᾽.. Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰ γὰρ ὤφελον.. Refs 5th c.BC+; ὡς ὤφελες.. Refs 5th c.BC+; ὡς μήποτ᾽ ὤφελον.. Refs 5th c.BC+; ὄφελε.. Refs 5th c.BC+; μήποτ᾽ ὄφελον.. Refs 5th c.BC+ is used in late Epic dialect, ὡς μὴ ὤφειλες ἱκέσθαι Refs 8th c.BC+
II.3.b with indicative, ὤφελε μηδ᾽ ἐγένοντο θοαὶ νέες Refs 3rd c.BC+
II.3.c ὄφελον (adverb accusative to Refs 2nd c.AD+ in this signification: with accusative et infinitive, ὤμοι ἐγών, ὄφελόν με.. ὀλέσθαι NT+1st c.AD+; ὤφελον (sic) εἰ ἐδυνάμεθα πέτασθαι Refs 2nd c.AD+infinitive, ὄφελομ μὲν ἡ θεὸς.. στερῆσαι.. Refs 2nd c.BC+
III impersonal ὀφείλει, it behoves, with accusative et infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὄφελλέ με μήτε.. εἰσοράαν κτλ. Refs 3rd c.BC+participle, absolutely, αἱ ὀφείλουσαι ἱερουργίαι τῶν θεῶν the due services of the gods, Refs 2nd c.AD+; κατὰ τὸν ὀφείλοντα καιρόν Refs 2nd c.AD+. (ὦφλον, ὤφληκα, aorist and perfect of ὀφλισκάνω, were probably originally aorist and perfect of ὀφείλω: ὄφελον in signf. II. Refs may be originally neuter participle of ὤφελε (signification Refs

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.

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4 occurrences, every one of them listed

ofelon3×

1 Corinthians 4:8… ēdē ploutava, chōris nu basilava; kai ofelon ge basilava, hina kai nis vi …… you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that …

Galatians 5:12ofelon kai apokopteli tois anastatarōntois vin.… those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!

Revelation 3:15… hoti oute psuchros asō oute zestos. ofelon psuchros ase ē zestos.… neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!

Ofelon1×

2 Corinthians 11:1“wish”Ofelon anechove mu mikrem tinem afrosunau; alla …… up with a little of my foolishness, but you are …