Strong's G3682: Ὀνήσιμος (Onḗsimos) Meaning

Quick Definition

Ὀνήσιμος, ου, ὁ n.m. Onesimus

Biblical Persons & Places

Onesimus Man living at the time of the New Testament

A man living at the time of the New Testament, first mentioned at Col.4.9; referred to as Onesimus (Ὀνήσιμος).

Strong's Definition

profitable; Onesimus, a Christian

Derivation: from G3685 (ὀνίνημι);

KJV Usage: Onesimus

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Ὀνήσιμος (G3682)

noun-name, m. | -ου

93.288 · Names of Persons and Places · Persons

Onesimus a slave of Philemon

COL 4:9 · PHM 1:10

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Ὀνήσιμος, Ὀνησίμου, ὁ (i. e. profitable, helpful; from ὄνησις profit), Onesimus, a Christian, the slave of Philemon: Phm_1:10; Col_4:9. (Cf. Lightfoots Commentary, introduction, Hackett in B. D.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Ὀνήσιμος Onēsimos 2x

Onesimus, pr. name, Col. 4:9; Phlm. 10*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Ὀνήσιμος, -ου, ὁ

(i.e. profitable, < ὄνησις, profit),

Onesimus: Col 4:9, Phm 10 (a common name among slaves; v. MM, iii, xviii).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

᾿Ονήσιμος. This proper name (Col 45, Philem?°) from the adj. ὀνήσιμος, ‘‘useful,’’ may be illustrated from P Grenf II. 3817 (B.C. 81) ἢ λογεύσι (1. -σει) Kal ἀνανκάσι (1. -σει) pe ᾽Ὄνησιμωι (1. ᾿Ονήσιμος) ἀγοράστα]ι κριθῆς κτὰλ., P Gen I. 47° (beg. ili/A.D.) 6] τοῦ τόπου μου ἀμφο[δάρ]χης ᾿Ονήσιμος ἀνεγράψατό με ἐπὶ κώμη[5] ᾿Αργεάδος, and from the inscrr. Magn 242 τόπος ᾿Ον[η]σίμου, 75. 300 4 σόρος (“ grave ”) ᾽Ονησίμου τοῦ Tlavoipaxov. Thieme (p. 40) notes that the name is specially common in the case of slaves, though not confined to them, as is shown by the mention of a ypappateds M. ᾿Ονήσιμος on a coin of Caracalla’s time: cf. also ᾿᾽Ονησίμη in Sy// 865°, a woman whom a manumitted slave is to serve till her death. Dittenberger’s Index (p. 89) shows other exx.: see also Lightfoot Co/.? p. 310, Zahn Introd. i. p. 458, and Hatch in 78. xxvii. (1908), p. 146.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Ὀνήσιμος (Onēsimos) — Onesimus. ὀνήσῐ-μος, ον, useful, profitable, beneficial, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; aiding, succouring, ἔγχος [Refs]. adverb -μως[Refs 5th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

Ὀνήσιμος, -ου, ὁ (i.e. profitable, ὄνησις, profit), Onesimus: Col.4:9, Phm 10 (a common name among slaves; see MM, iii, xviii).† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

4:9

1:10

G3682 Ὀνήσιμος (Onḗsimos)