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ὠφελέω

Strong’s: G5623

Associated OET lemmas: ὠφελέω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ἀνωφελής · ὄφελος · ὠφέλεια · ὠφέλιμος

Sense 1: to help

Semantic entry: 35.2

Semantic domains: Help, Care For

Subdomains: Help

Definition: to provide assistance, with emphasis upon the resulting benefit

Show passage in OET: MAT 15:5

OET-RV MAT 15:5

5 But if someone tells their father or mother that whatever help they may have expected from them is now given away as a gift, then you people say

OET-LV MAT 15:5

5 But you _all are _saying:
Whoever wishfully may _say to _the father or the mother:
Whatever if you _may _be _benefitted by me:
A_gift,

Show passage in OET: MRK 5:26

OET-RV MRK 5:26

26 and who’d endured much under various doctors despite spending everything she had. After all that, she’d ended up even worse,

OET-LV MRK 5:26

26 and having _suffered much under many doctors, and having _spent all the things by herself and having _been _benefitted nothing, but rather having _come to the worse,

Jump to OET MAT 15:5 section.

Jump to OET MRK 5:26 section.

All 12 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 15:5

MRK: OET MRK 5:26 · OET MRK 7:11 · OET MRK 8:36

LUK: OET LUK 9:25

JHN: OET JHN 6:63

ROM: OET ROM 2:25

CO1: OET CO1 13:3 · OET CO1 14:6

GAL: OET GAL 5:2

HEB: OET HEB 4:2 · OET HEB 13:9

Sense 2: to accomplish, to do

Semantic entry: 68.33

Semantic domains: Aspect

Subdomains: Complete, Finish, Succeed

Definition: to be successful in accomplishing some goal, with the implication that such might be useful

Show passage in OET: MAT 16:26

OET-RV MAT 16:26

26 What help would it be to a person if they gain everything in the world, and yet lose their soul? Or put another way, what could a person give in exchange for their soul?

OET-LV MAT 16:26

26 For/Because what ˓will˒_ a_person _be _being _benefitted, if he _may _gain the whole world, but the soul of _him may _be _lost?
Or what ˓will˒_ a_person _be _giving as_an_exchange for _the soul of _him?

Show passage in OET: MAT 27:24

OET-RV MAT 27:24

24 When Pilatos saw that it was going nowhere other than to turn into a riot, got a bowl of water and washed his hands up there in front of the crowd, announcing, “I’m innocent of the blood of this man who has done nothing wrong. It’s your responsibility now.”

OET-LV MAT 27:24

24 And the Pilatos having _seen that it _is _benefiting nothing, but rather is _becoming a_commotion, having _taken water, he _washed _off his hands in _front _of the crowd saying:
I _am innocent of the blood the this righteous one,.
you _all will _be _seeing to _it.

Jump to OET MAT 16:26 section.

Jump to OET MAT 27:24 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 16:26 · OET MAT 27:24

JHN: OET JHN 12:19