ὨΦΕΛΟΥΝ, ὠφελουν
ŌPHELOUN, ōpheloun
Sounds Like: oh-feh-LOON
Translations: they were profiting, they were benefiting, they were helping, they were gaining
From the root: ὨΦΕΛΈΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of providing or receiving benefit, profit, or help. It is often used to indicate that someone or something is advantageous or useful. In the provided examples, it appears to be used in the imperfect tense, indicating an ongoing or repeated action in the past, such as 'they were benefiting' or 'they were helping'.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Imperfect Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G5623 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 9:349
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ὨΦΕΛΈΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ὨΝΗΣΕΝ — he benefited, it benefited, he profited, it profited, he helped, it helped
- ὨΦΕΛΗΘΗΣΑΝ — they were profited, they were benefited, they were helped, they gained
- ὨΦΕΛΗΣΕΝ — benefited, profited, helped, was useful
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