ὠφελ-έω,
fut. -ήσω Ar. Av. 358, etc.: aor. ὠφέλησα Hdt. 3.127, etc.: pf. -ηκα Hp. Acut. 44, Pl. Grg. 511e, etc.: plpf. ὠφελήκη Id. Ap. 31d: - Pass., fut. ὠφεληθήσομαι And. 2.22, [Isa 10:16], Hp. Int. 35, X. Cyr. 3.2.20; more freq. fut. Med. in pass. sense, ὠφελήσομαι Th. 6.18, 7.67, Pl. R. 343c, X. Mem. 1.6.14, v.l. in Lys. 19.61: aor. ὠφελήθην Th. 2.39, 5.90, etc.: pf. ὠφέλημαι A. Pr. 222, Pl. Grg. 512a, etc.: plpf. ὠφέλητο Th. 6.60: (ὄφελος): -
help, aid, succour, first in Hdt. (v. infr.); opp. βλάπτω, Th. 6.14, Pl. Phd. 107d; opp. ζημιόω, Isoc. 6.5. -
Construction:
I abs., to be of use or service, τὰ μηδὲν ὠφελοῦντα A. Pr. 44, cf. S. Fr. 196, E. IA 348 (troch.), X. Oec. 1.9; οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ Th. 2.87; τὸ πολλάκις ὠφελοῦν Isoc. 8.35.
2. c. acc. pers., to be of service to, benefit, Hdt. 2.95, A. Pr. 507; τὰς ψυχὰς ὠ. διδάσκοντες X. Cyr. 2.3.23; ὠ. τινα ἔς τι to be of use to one towards a thing, Th. 4.75; τί δέ μ’ ὠφελήσουσ’ οἱ ῥυθμοὶ πρὸς τἄλφιτα; how will rhythms help me to earn my bread? Ar. Nu. 648: abs., ἐπὶ τοῖς δεινοῖσιν E. Fr. 84; διὰ τῶν ὤτων Plu. 2.38c, cf. 145b: c. part., αὐτοὺς ὠφελεῖ προσκείμενον E. Hipp. 970. esp. of a general, enrich his soldiers by booty, Plu. Aem. 29; τοὺς στρατιώτας ὠφεληκὼς ἀπὸ τῶν στρατειῶν Id. Caes. 12; cf. ὠφέλεια 11.3.
3. in Poets also (v. Thom.Mag. p.408R.) c. dat. pers., A. Pr. 342, Pers. 842, S. Ant. 560, E. Or. 666, 681, Heracl. 681, Ar. Av. 421 (lyr.); also in Antipho 6.38, and v.l. in Th. 5.23; the compds. προσωφελέω, ἐπωφελέω, συνωφελέω also take both constructions.
4. c. gen., dub. in οὐδεὶς ἔρωτος τοῦδ’ ἐφαίνετ’ ὠφελῶν S. OC 436 (fort. leg. ἔρωτ’ ἐς τόνδ’).
5. c. acc. cogn., ὠφελίαν ὠ. τινα to render him a service, Pl. R. 519e, cf. Euthd. 275e; ὠφελίαν κοινῇ -οῦνται πάντες οἱ δημιουργοί Id. R. 346c: with a neut. Adj., οὐδέν τινα ὠ. to do one no service, Hdt. 3.126, E. Alc. 875 (lyr.); πολλά, πλέον, πλεῖστον, ὡς πλεῖστα ὠ. τινα, Isoc. 3.30, E. Andr. 679, 681, Th. 6.14.
II Pass., receive help or succour, derive profit or advantage, πρός τινος from a person or thing, Hdt. 2.68; ἔκ τινος A. Pr. 222, Antipho 3.2.3; ἀπό τινος Th. 3.64, X. Oec. 1.15, cf. Gorg. Pal. 10; ὑπό or παρά τινος, Pl. Grg. 512a, Amat. 132d; ὠ. τοῦ νόμου to derive benefit from.., Antipho 5.17 (dub. l.); τινι by a thing, Th. 3.67; διά τι ib. 13; παρ’ ἐμοῦ ὠφελεῖσθαι to make something out of me, Antipho 2.2.13; ἐκ τῶν ὑμετέρων help the mselves, Lys. 27.7: esp. of troops, acquire booty, πολλὰ παρὰ τὴν στρατείαν ὠ. Plu. Cat.Ma. 10; ὠ. δι’ ἁρπαγῆς Id. Mar 19; ὠφελεῖσθαι πρός τι acquire advantage towards a thing, X. Cyn. 5.27: c. part., ὠφελεῖσθαι ἰδών to be profited by the sight of a thing, Th. 2.39: c. adj. neut., οὐδὲν ὠφελουμένη S. Ant. 550: πολλὰ ὠφελεῖσθαι οὐδὲν πονοῦντες X. Cyr. 3.2.0.
G5623 — ὠφελέω
ὠφέλω; future ὠφελήσω; 1 aorist ὠφέλησα; passive, present ὠφελοῦμαι; 1 aorist ὠφελήθην; 1 future ὠφεληθήσομαι ([Mat 16:26] L T Tr WH); (ὄφελος); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. for הועִיל; to assist, to be useful or advantageous, to profit: absolutely, [Rom 2:25]; with the accusative οὐδέν, to be of no use, to effect nothing, [Mat 27:24]; [Joh 6:63]; [Joh 12:19] (in these examples ([Joh 6:63] excepted) A. V. prevail); τινα, to help or profit one, [Heb 4:2]; τινα τί to help, profit, one in a thing ((but the second accusative is a cognate accusative or the accusative of a neuter adjective or pronoun; cf. Winers Grammar, 227 (213)) so from Herodotus 3, 126 down): οὐδέν τινα, [1Co 14:6]; [Gal 5:2]; τί ὠφελήσει (or ὠφελεῖ (τόν)) ἄνθρωπον, ἐάν κτλ.; ((T WH follow with an infinitive)), what will (or 'doth') it profit a man if etc. ((or 'to' etc.))? [Mar 8:36]; passive, ὠφελοῦμαι, to be helped or profited: [Heb 13:9]; with the accusative μηδέν, [Mar 5:26]; οὐδέν, [1Co 13:3]; with the accusative of the interrogative τί, [Mat 16:26]; [Luk 9:25] (here WH marginal reading gives the active); τί ἐκ τίνος (genitive of person), to be profited by one m some particular (cf. Meyer on Matt. as below; ἐκ, II. 5), [Mat 15:5]; [Mar 7:11].
ὠφελέω , - ῶ
( < ὄφελος ),
[in LXX chiefly for H3276 hi .;]
to help, benefit, do good, profit: absol. , [Rom 2:25]; οὐδέν (do no good; v. Field, Notes , 21), [Mat 27:24], [Joh 6:63]; [Joh 12:19]; c . acc pers ., [Heb 4:2]; c . dupl . acc , [Mar 8:36], [1Co 14:6], [Gal 5:2]; pass ., [Heb 13:9]; c . acc , [Mat 15:5]; [Mat 16:26], [Mar 5:26]; [Mar 7:11], [Luk 9:25], [1Co 13:3]. †