the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Strong's #3786 - ὄφελος
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- advantage, profit
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ὄφελος, τό,
(ὀφέλλω B) only in nom. and acc. sg.,
1. furtherance, advantage, help, αἴ κ' ὄφελός τι γενώμεθα in case we can be of any use, Il. 13.236; ὅς τοι πόλλ' ὄ. γένετο who was a help to thee in many matters, 17.152; οὐδὲν σοί γ' ὄ. not as any good to thee, 22.513; ὄ. τί μοι ἔσσῃ h.Merc. 34; τί δ' ἔστ' ὄ. δειλὸς ἀνήρ; Thgn. 102; λέγεις Ἀτρείδαις ὄ. ἢ 'π' ἐμοὶ τόδε; S. Ph. 1384; τί δῆτ' ἂν εἴης ὄ. ἡμῖν; what good could you be to us? Ar. Pl. 1152, cf. Pl. R. 505a, etc.; τὸ μέγα ὄ. τῆς πόλεως, Lat. columen rerum, ironical in Aeschin. 2.24 (quoted from D.): c. inf., τί γὰρ ὄ. σώματί γε κάμνοντι.. σιτία πολλὰ διδόναι; Pl. Grg. 504e, cf. 513e; τί ζῆν ὄ. ᾧ μή 'στι τὸ ζῆν εἰδέναι; Philem. 104.
2. c. gen., φυγᾶς ὄ. εἴ τί μοι A. Supp. 737 (lyr.); τῶν ὄ. ἐστι οὐδέν Hdt. 8.68. γ; οἷσι.. οὐδὲν ὄ. ἐστιν οὔτε χρημάτων οὔτε τῶν ἄλλων οὐδενὸς ἄτερ τῆς ὑγιείης Hp. Vict. 3.69; τί τῆς εὐμορφίας ὄ.; E. Fr. 548; ἐλευθερίας οὐδὲν ὄ. And. 4.17; ἐάν τι ἡμῶν ὡς νομοθετῶν ὄ. ᾖ Pl. R. 530c; ἀνὴρ ὅτου τι καὶ σμικρὸν ὄ. ἐστιν Id. Ap. 28b; γεωργοῦ ἀργοῦ οὐδὲν ὄφελος X. Cyr. 1.6.18; μαγείρῳ μαχαίρας οὐδὲν ὄ. ἥτις μὴ τέμνει D. 25.46; τί δ' ὄ. εὖ λαλοῦντος, ἂν κακῶς φρονῇ; Men. 821.
3. ὅ τι πέρ ἐστ' ὄ. ἐν τῇ πόλει all that is best, all the best people, Ar. Ec. 53, cf. Luc. Herod. 8: c. gen., ὅ τι περ ὄ. τοῦ στρατεύματος the serviceable part (or perh. the flower) of the army, X. HG 5.3.6, cf. Theoc. 13.18; ὅ τι περ.. ἀπληστίας ὄ. the flower (acme) of gluttony, Luc. Tim. 55.
4. c. gen. objecti, help against a thing, Nic. Th. 518.
ὄφελος, ὀφελους, τό (ὀφέλλω to increase), advantage, profit: 1 Corinthians 15:32; James 2:14, 16. (From Homer down; the Sept. Job 15:3.)
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ὄφελος , -ονς , τό
(< ὀφέλλω , to increase),
[in LXX: Job 15:3 (H3276 hi.)*;]
advantage, help: 1 Corinthians 15:32, James 2:14; James 2:16.†
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For the literal sense ";loose,"; ";set free,"; cf. PSI IV. 435.9 (B.C. 258–7) (as restored by Deissmann, LO. 4, p. 121) ἐμοῦ ̣δ ̣ε ̣π [α ]ρ ̣[ακαλέσαντος τὸν θεὸν Σάραπιν,] ὅπως ἄμ με παραλύσηι τοῦ ἐνταῦθ ̣α [ἔργο ]̣υ, Syll 226 (= .3 495).175 (c. B.C. 230) ἐξ ὧν ἀπέλυσε μὲν τὴμ πόλιν ὀφειλημάτων, παρέλυσε δὲ τόκων. The subst. παράλυσις occurs in Artem. p. 263.14.
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