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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ὠφελέω

(Strong's #5623 — Verb — opheleo — o-fel-eh'-o )

in the Active Voice signifies "to help, to succor, to be of service;" in the Passive "to receive help, to derive profit or advantage;" in Mark 5:26 , "was (nothing) bettered," of the woman who had an issue of blood. See under ADVANTAGE , C, No. 1, and cp. A, Nos. 2,3 and B.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Bettered'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​b/bettered.html. 1940.
 
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