Lexical Definition

‎ὠφελέω‎ ōpheléō (o-fel-eh'-o) to help ^G:V
from the same as ‎ὠφέλεια‎

advantage, better, prevail, profit.

• to be useful, i.e. to benefit

Abbott-Smith

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.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὠφελέω-έω,

future -ήσω [Refs]: aorist ὠφέλησα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect -ηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ὠφελέωήκη [Refs]:—passive, future ὠφελέωηθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; more frequently future middle in passive sense, ὠφελέωήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ὠφελέωήθην [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 ὠφελέωοῦντα [ὠφελέωεῖ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.87; τὸ πολλάκις ὠφελέωοῦν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.35. ">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᾽ ὠφελέωήσουσ᾽ οἱ ῥυθμοὶ πρὸς τἄλφιτ; how will rhythms help me to earn my bread? [Refs 5th c.BC+], compare 145b: with participle, αὐτοὺς ὠφελέωεῖ προσκείμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2.b especially of a general, enrich his soldiers by booty, [ὠφελέωηκὼς ἀπὸ τῶν στρατειῶν [prev. author] “Caes.” 12; compare ὠφέλεια 11.3. ">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᾽ ὠφελέωῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.5 with accusative cognate, ὠφελέωίαν ὠ. τινα to render him a service, [ὠφελέωίαν κοινῇ -οῦνται πάντες οἱ δημιουργοί [prev. author] “R.” 346c: with a \_neuter\_ ">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 ὠφελέωεῖσθαι 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+]; ὠφελέωεῖσθαι πρός τι acquire advantage towards a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, ὠφελέωεῖσθαι ἰδών to be profited by the sight of a thing, [ὠφελέωουμένη 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 550: πολλὰ ὠφελέωεῖσθαι οὐδὲν πονοῦντες 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.20. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]