ὠφέλεια (WH ὠφελία (cf. Iota)), ὠφελείας, ἡ, (ὠφελης), from (Sophocles and) Herodotus down, usefulness, advantage, profit: Rom_3:1; τῆς ὠφελείας χάριν (Polybius 3, 82, 8 (yet in the sense of 'booty')), Jud_1:16. (Job_22:3; Psa_29:10 ())

ὠφέλεια ōpheleia 2x help; profit, gain, advantage, benefit, Rom_3:1 ; Jud_1:16

ὠφέλεια ( WH , -λία ), -ας , ἡ , [in LXX for H3276 hi ., H1215 , etc.;] 1. assistance, help ( Thuc ., Plat ., al. ). 2. profit, advantage, benefit ( Hdt ., Plat ., al. ): Rom_3:1 , Jud_1:16 .†

ὠφέλ ( ε ) ια [page 704] advantage, benefit. The form ὠφέλια , which is read in Rom_3:1 , Jud_1:16 , was already classical, and is also found in the papyri and inscrr. (always in Attic inscrr., Meisterhans Gr. p. 56), e.g. P Oxy XII. 1409 .11 (A.D. 278) τὴν γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων τούτων γεινομένην ὠϕ̣[έλι ]α̣ν πάντας ε̣[ἰδέναι πέ ]πεισμαι , for I am persuaded that every one is aware of the benefit resulting from these works (sc. repairing of the dykes) (Edd.), ib. 1477 .4 (question to an oracle-iii/iv A.D.) εἶ ἔχω ὠφέλιαν ἀπὸ τοῦ φίλου ; am I to obtain benefit from my friend? Priene II .5 ( c. B.C. 297) ὑ [πὸ τῆ ]ς ὠφελίας , and Cagnat IV. 946 .11 .

ὠφέλεια ὠφέλεια, ανδ ὠφελία, ionic ὠφελίη, ἡ, [Etym: ὠφελέω] "help, aid, succour, assistance", esp. in war, Thuc. ; τὴν ὠφ. παρέχειν τινι id=Thuc. ; ὠφελίας τυγχάνειν id=Thuc. ; οὐ μετὰ τῶν κειμένων νόμων ὠφελίας not "for such assistance" as is consistent with the laws (ὠφελίας being = ὠφελίας ἕνεκα) id=Thuc. "utility, use, profit, advantage, benefit", Hdt. , Soph. ; c. gen. objecti, ἐπ᾽ ὠφελείᾳ τῶν φίλων for "service" to them, for their "benefit", Plat. "a source of gain or profit, a benefit, service", id=Plat. , etc. "spoil, booty, game", Xen. , Plut.

ὠφέλεια (WH, -λία), -ας, ἡ [in LXX for יָעַל hi., בֶּצַע, etc. ;] __1. assistance, help (Thuc., Plat., al.). __2. profit, advantage, benefit (Hdt., Plat., al.): Rom.3:1, Ju 16.† (AS)