ὈΝΗΣΙΜΟΣ, ὀνησιμος
ONĒSIMOS, onēsimos
Sounds Like: oh-NAY-see-mos
Translations: Onesimus, Profitable, Useful
From the root: ὈΝΗΣΙΜΟΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is a proper noun, the name of a person. The name itself means 'profitable' or 'useful'. In the New Testament, Onesimus was a slave of Philemon who ran away but later became a Christian and was reconciled with his master through the apostle Paul.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3682 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 6:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ὈΝΗΣΙΜΟΣ.
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- ὈΝΗΣΙΜΟΝ — profitable, useful, beneficial, a profitable one, a useful one, a beneficial one
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