Lexical Definition

‎ὄφελος‎ óphelos (of'-el-os) gain ^G:N-N
from (to heap up, i.e. accumulate or benefit)

advantageth, profit.

• gain

Abbott-Smith

ὄφελος, -ους, τό (< ὀφέλλω, to increase), [in LXX: Jb 15:3 (יעל hi.)*;]
advantage, help: I Co 15:32, Ja 2:14, 16.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὄφελος, τό,

(ὀφέλλω B) only in nominative and accusative singular, furtherance, advantage, help, αἴ κ᾽ ὄφελός τι γενώμεθα in case we can be of any use, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅς τοι πόλλ᾽ ὄ. γένετο who was a help to thee in many matters, [Refs]; οὐδὲν σοί γ᾽ ὄ. not as any good to thee,; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί ζῆν ὄ. ᾧ μή 'στι τὸ ζῆν εἰδέναι ; [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 with genitive, φυγᾶς ὄ. εἴ τί μοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐλευθερίας οὐδὲν ὄ. [ὄφελος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.18; μαγείρῳ μαχαίρας οὐδὲν ὄ. ἥτις μὴ τέμνει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.46; τί δ᾽ ὄ. εὖ λαλοῦντος, ἂν κακῶς φρον; 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 821. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 ὅ τι πέρ ἐστ᾽ ὄ. ἐν τῇ πόλει all that is best, all the best people, [Refs 5th c.BC+] the serviceable part (or perhaps the flower) of the army, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅ τι περ.. ἀπληστίας ὄ. the flower (acme) of gluttony, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 with genitive objecti, help against a thing, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]