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Strong's G5623 ὠφελέω (opheleo)

Opheleo means “be useful” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5623 — cargon (“Sargon”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5623
Language Greek
Linked Usages 40
Books 17

Strong's G5623 Quick Answer

Strong's G5623 ὠφελέω (opheleo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. opheleo (o-fel-eh'-o) v. 1. to be useful, i.e. to benefit [from a derivative of the base of G5624] It has 40 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include profited, profit, profiteth, prevail, and bettered. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
opheleo (o-fel-eh'-o) v. 1. to be useful, i.e. to benefit [from a derivative of the base of G5624]
Usage
40 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
profited, profit, profiteth, prevail, and bettered

Meaning and Definition

opheleo (o-fel-eh'-o) v. 1. to be useful, i.e. to benefit [from a derivative of the base of G5624] KJV: advantage, better, prevail, profit Root(s): G5624 See also: G5622

Original Word
ὠφελέω
Transliteration
opheleo
Derivation
Root: ὠφέλιμος R1: 5624
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5623. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to help

Usage: ὠφελέω, -ῶ (ὄφελος), [in LXX chiefly for יָעַל hi. ;] to help, benefit, do good, profit: absol., Rom.2:25; οὐδέν (do no good; see Field, Notes, 21), Mat.27:24, Jhn.6:63 12:19; with accusative of person(s), Heb.4:2; with dupl. accusative, Mrk.8:36, 1Co.14:6, Gal.5:2; pass., Heb.13:9; with accusative, Mat.15:5 16:26, Mrk.5:26 7:11, Luk.9:25, 1Co.13:3.† (AS)

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How Strong's G5623 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render opheleo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

profit Mark 8:36 profited Matthew 15:5 profiteth John 6:63 prevail Matthew 27:24 bettered Mark 5:26

How Strong's G5623 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 16 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G5623 (ὠφελέω) appears 27 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G5623 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G5623 in the New Testament

15 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 15:5 KJV

But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

Matthew 16:26 KJV

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Matthew 27:24 KJV

When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

Strong's G5623 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

16 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Psalms 88:23 Septuagint / Brenton

The enemy shall have no advantage against him; And the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.

Proverbs 10:2 Septuagint / Brenton

Treasures shall not profit the lawless: But righteousness shall deliver from death.

Strong's G5623 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

9 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

2 Maccabees 12:11 Septuagint / Brenton

Whereupon there was a very sore battle; but Judas’ side by the help of God got the victory; so that the nomads of Arabia, being overcome, besought Judas for peace, promising both to give him cattle, and to pleasure him otherwise.

Wisdom of Solomon 5:8 Septuagint / Brenton

What hath pride profited us? Or what good hath riches with our vaunting brought us?

Wisdom of Solomon 6:25 Septuagint / Brenton

Receive therefore instruction through my words, And it shall do you good.

Usage Excerpts

First 40 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5623.

Psalms 88:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The enemy shall have no advantage against him; And the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.
Proverbs 10:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Treasures shall not profit the lawless: But righteousness shall deliver from death.
Proverbs 32:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Isaiah 30:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In vain shall they labor in seeking to a people, which shall not profit them for help, but shall be for a shame and reproach.
Isaiah 30:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The vision of the quadrupeds in the desert. In affliction and distress, where are the lion and lion’s whelp, thence come also asps, and the young of flying asps, there shall they be who bore their wealth on asses and camels to a nation which shall not profit them.
Isaiah 30:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Egyptians shall help you utterly in vain: tell them, This your consolation is vain.
Isaiah 44:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But they that framed false gods did not then hearken; and they that graved images are all vain, performing their own desires, which shall not profit them, but they shall be ashamed
Isaiah 47:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the abundance of thy sorcery, which thou hast learned from thy youth; if thou canst be profited.
Isaiah 57:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will declare thy righteousness, and thy sins, which shall not profit thee.
Jeremiah 2:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
if the nations will change their gods, though they are not gods: but my people have changed their glory, for that from which they shall not be profited.
Jeremiah 7:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Trust not in yourselves with lying words, for they shall not profit you at all, saying, It is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.
Jeremiah 7:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But whereas ye have trusted in lying words, whereby ye shall not be profited;
Jeremiah 12:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Sow wheat, and reap thorns; their portions shall not profit them: be ashamed of your boasting, because of reproach before the Lord.
Jeremiah 15:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe is me, my mother! thou hast born me as some man of strife, and at variance with the whole earth; I have not helped others, nor has anyone helped me; my strength has failed among them that curse me.
Jeremiah 23:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets that prophesy false dreams, and have not told them truly, and have caused my people to err by their lies, and by their errors; yet I sent them not, and commanded them not; therefore, they shall not profit this people at all.
Habakkuk 2:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
What profits it the graven image, that they have graven it? one has made it a molten work, a false image; for the maker has trusted in his work, to make dumb idols.
Matthew 15:5 New Testament, KJV
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
Matthew 16:26 New Testament, KJV
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Matthew 27:24 New Testament, KJV
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
Mark 5:26 New Testament, KJV
And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
Mark 7:11 New Testament, KJV
But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
Mark 8:36 New Testament, KJV
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Luke 9:25 New Testament, KJV
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
John 6:63 New Testament, KJV
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
John 12:19 New Testament, KJV
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
Romans 2:25 New Testament, KJV
For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
1 Corinthians 13:3 New Testament, KJV
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
1 Corinthians 14:6 New Testament, KJV
Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
Galatians 5:2 New Testament, KJV
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Hebrews 4:2 New Testament, KJV
For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
Hebrews 13:9 New Testament, KJV
Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
2 Maccabees 12:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Whereupon there was a very sore battle; but Judas’ side by the help of God got the victory; so that the nomads of Arabia, being overcome, besought Judas for peace, promising both to give him cattle, and to pleasure him otherwise.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
What hath pride profited us? Or what good hath riches with our vaunting brought us?
Wisdom of Solomon 6:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Receive therefore instruction through my words, And it shall do you good.
Wisdom of Sirach 5:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Set not thy heart upon goods unjustly gotten; For they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity.
Wisdom of Sirach 34:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Whoso is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; And the report of his good housekeeping will be believed.
Wisdom of Sirach 34:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Show not thy valiantness in wine; For wine hath destroyed many.
Wisdom of Sirach 34:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: So doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkenness.
Wisdom of Sirach 38:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Forget him not, for there is no turning again: Thou shalt not do him good, but hurt thyself.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:67 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
neither can they show signs in the heavens among the heathen, nor shine as the sun, nor give light as the moon.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5623, grouped by book.

Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Mark 3 usages, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
John 2 usages, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
1 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
Galatians 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 2 usages, New Testament
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G5623 FAQ

What does opheleo (ὠφελέω) mean?

Opheleo (Strong's G5623) is a Greek word most simply glossed "be useful". opheleo (o-fel-eh'-o) v. 1. to be useful, i.e. to benefit [from a derivative of the base of G5624]

How many times is opheleo (ὠφελέω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 40 linked usages for Strong's G5623 across 17 books.

Where can I study opheleo (ὠφελέω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5623 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate opheleo (ὠφελέω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as profited, profit, profiteth, prevail, and bettered. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G5623 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 16 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 9 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5623, with linked reader references where each row is available.