to help

Greek Verb

ὠφελέω, -ῶ (ὄφελος), [in LXX chiefly for יָעַל hi;] to help, benefit, do good, profit: absol, Rom.2:25; οὐδέν (do no good; see Field, Notes, 21), Mat.27:24, Jhn.6:63 12:19; with accusative of person(s), Heb.4:2; with dupl. accusative, Mrk.8:36, 1Co.14:6, Gal.5:2; pass, Heb.13:9; with accusative, Mat.15:5 16:26, Mrk.5:26 7:11, Luk.9:25, 1Co.13:3. (AS)

to help

Greek Verb

ὠφελ-έω, future -ήσω [Refs]: aorist ὠφέλησα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect -ηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ὠφελήκη [Refs]:—passive, future ὠφεληθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; more frequently future middle in passive sense, ὠφελήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ὠφελήθην [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 ὠφελοῦντα [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᾽ ὠφελήσουσ᾽ οἱ ῥυθμοὶ πρὸς τἄλφιτ; how will rhythms help me to earn my bread? [Refs 5th c.BC+], compare 145b: with participle, αὐτοὺς ὠφελεῖ προσκείμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.2.b) especially of a general, enrich his soldiers by booty, [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᾽ ὠφελῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.5) with accusative cognate, ὠφελίαν ὠ. τινα to render him a service, [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 ὠφελεῖσθαι 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+]; ὠφελεῖσθαι πρός τι acquire advantage towards a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, ὠφελεῖσθαι ἰδών to be profited by the sight of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to be useful, i.e. to benefit; advantage, better, prevail, profit; from the same as g5622 (ὠφέλεια)