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Unprofitable, Unprofitableness
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or "unless (chreia, "use"), "unprofitable," occurs in Matthew 25:30; Luke 17:10 . In the Sept., 2 Samuel 6:22 .
"unprofitable, unserviceable" (chrestos, "serviceable"), is said of Onesimus, Philemon 1:11 , antithetically to euchrestos, "profitable," with a play on the name of the converted slave (from onesis, "profit").
Note: Achreios is more distinctly negative than achrestos, which suggests positively hurtful."not advantageous, not making good the expense involved" (lusiteles, "useful"), occurs in Hebrews 13:17 .
"not beneficial or serviceable" (a, negative, n, euphonic, opheleo, "to do good, to benefit"), is rendered "unprofitable" in Titus 3:9; in the neuter, used as a noun, "unprofitableness," Hebrews 7:18 , said of the Law as not accomplishing that which the "better hope" could alone bring. In the Sept., Proverbs 28:3; Isaiah 44:10; Jeremiah 2:8 .
akin to A, No. 1, "to make useless," occurs in Romans 3:12 , in the Passive Voice, rendered "they have ... become unprofitable."
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Unprofitable, Unprofitableness'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/u/unprofitable-unprofitableness.html. 1940.
