Lexicon ophelos: advantage, help Original Word: ὄφελος, ους, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: ophelos Phonetic Spelling: (of'-el-os) Short Definition: advantage, gain, profit Definition: advantage, gain, profit, help. HELPS word-Studies 3786 óphelos (from ophellō, "heap together") – properly, "something heaped up," i.e. the advantage (profit) a believer accumulates in life by living in faith. This gives the "edge," i.e. the preferred position that also brings "cumulative advantage." NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom ophelló (to increase) Definitionadvantage, help NASB Translationprofit (1), use (2).
Strong's advantage, profit. From ophello (to heap up, i.e. Accumulate or benefit); gain -- advantageth, profit. |