Quick Definition
ὠφελέω v. I help, benefit, do good
Strong's Definition
from the same as 5622; to be useful, i.e. to benefit
KJV Usage: advantage, better, prevail, profit
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὠφελέω ōpheleō 15x
to help, profit, benefit, accomplish, Mt. 27:24; Mk. 7:11; Rom. 2:25; be of value, Jn. 6:63
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὠφελέω, -ῶ
(< ὄφελος), [in LXX chiefly for יָעַל hi. ;]
to help, benefit, do good, profit: absol., Ro 2:25; οὐδέν (do no good; v. Field, Notes, 21), Mt 27:24, Jo 6:63 12:19; c. acc pers., He 4:2; c. dupl. acc, Mk 8:36, I Co 14:6, Ga 5:2; pass., He 13:9; c. acc, Mt 15:5 16:26, Mk 5:26 7:11, Lk 9:25, I Co 13:3.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὠφελέω, ‘thelp,”’ “benefit,” c. acc. pers. as in Heb 43, Preisigke 4305?° (iii/B.c.) et μὴ τὴν μήκωνα (‘the poppy ”’) συνάξεις, μ[η]δείς σε ἀνθρώπων μὴ ὠφελήσηι, P Oxy IX. 1219! (iii/A.D.) οἶδα ὅτι καὶ ταῦτά μου τὰ γράμματα πόλλ᾽ αὐτὸν ὠφελήσει, “1 know that this letter of mine also will be of much help to him,” and 74. XII. 14904 (late iii/a.p.) λέγει γὰρ ὅτι ὠφέλησα αὐτὸν μεγάλως καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀννώνῃ, “‘he says ‘I helped him greatly in the matter of the annona.’” For the verb = ‘‘instruct,” as frequently in early ecclesiastical writers, cf. Pelagia-Legenden p. 37° ot ἐπίσκοποι. . . ἠρώτων τὸν κύριον Νόννον εἰπεῖν kal ὠφελῆσαι αὐτούς. According to Field (Mores, p. 21) the meaning “‘ prevail,” which is attached to the verb by AV, RV, in Mt 2774, ~ 9 ὠφέλιμος Jn 1219, seems to require confirmation. assist, am useful” : MGr φελῶ, “1 ὠφελεῖ, ‘it is useful, advantageous.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὠφελέω (ōpheleō) — to help. ὠφελ-έω, future -ήσω [Refs]: aorist ὠφέλησα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect -ηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ὠφελήκη [Refs]:—passive, future ὠφεληθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; more frequently future middle in passive sense, ὠφελήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ὠφελήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ὠφέλημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ὠφέλητο [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (ὄφελος):—help, aid, succour, first in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to βλάπτω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ζημιόω, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —Construction:
I. absolutely, to be of use or service, τὰ μηδὲν ὠφελοῦντα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. with accusative person, to be of service to, benefit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὠ. τινα ἔς τι to be of use to one towards a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί δέ μ᾽ ὠφελήσουσ᾽ οἱ ῥυθμοὶ πρὸς τἄλφιτ; how will rhythms help me to earn my bread? [Refs 5th c.BC+], compare 145b: with participle, αὐτοὺς ὠφελεῖ προσκείμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. b especially of a general, enrich his soldiers by booty, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
I.3. in Poets also (see. Thom.Mag.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; the compounds προσωφελέω, ἐπωφελέω, συνωφελέω also take both constructions.
I.4. with genitive, uncertain in οὐδεὶς ἔρωτος τοῦδ᾽ ἐφαίνετ᾽ ὠφελῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.5. with accusative cognate, ὠφελίαν ὠ. τινα to render him a service, [Refs 5th c.BC+] adjective, οὐδέν τινα ὠ. to do one no service, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλά, πλέον, πλεῖστον, ὡς πλεῖστα ὠ. τινα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. passive, receive help or succour, derive profit or advantage, πρός τινος from a person or thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπό or παρά τινος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὠ. τοῦ νόμου to derive benefit from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινι by a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ ὠφελεῖσθαι to make something out of me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τῶν ὑμετέρων help the mselves, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: especially of troops, acquire booty, πολλὰ παρὰ τὴν στρατείαν ὠ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὠφελεῖσθαι πρός τι acquire advantage towards a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, ὠφελεῖσθαι ἰδών to be profited by the sight of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]