"profit, benefit, advantage, 1 Cor. 15:32; Jas. 2:14, 16*"
Definition and meaning
profit, benefit, advantage, 1 Cor. 15:32; Jas. 2:14, 16*
In the original Greek the word is written: ὄφελος
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of ophelos (G3786) across the King James Bible.
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
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Common questions
Strong's G3786 (ophelos) is a Greek word that means: profit, benefit, advantage, 1 Cor. 15:32; Jas. 2:14, 16* It appears 3 times in the King James Bible.
The word ophelos (G3786) appears 3 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3786 is ophelos, a Greek word defined as: profit, benefit, advantage, 1 Cor. 15:32; Jas. 2:14, 16*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
ophelos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.