Opheleia means “advantage” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5622 — carbal (“coat”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5622 ὠφέλεια (opheleia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. opheleia (o-fel'-ei-ah) n. 1. usefulness, i.e. benefit [from a derivative of the base of G5624] It has 15 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include advantage. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
opheleia (o-fel'-ei-ah) n. 1. usefulness, i.e. benefit [from a derivative of the base of G5624] KJV: advantage, profit Root(s): G5624
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5622. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
advantage
Usage: ὠφέλεια (WH, -λία), -ας, ἡ [in LXX for יָעַל hi., בֶּצַע, etc. ;] __1. assistance, help (Thuc., Plat., al.). __2. profit, advantage, benefit (Hdt., Plat., al.): Rom.3:1, Ju 16.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render opheleia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G5622 (ὠφέλεια) appears 13 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
8 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said again to Joab, Nay, let me also run after Hushai. And Joab said, Why wouldest thou thus run, my son? attend, thou hast no tidings for profit if thou go.
What is the Mighty One, that we should serve him? And what profit is there that we should approach him?
For what matters it to the Lord, if thou wert blameless in thy works? Or is it profitable that thou shouldest perfect thy way?
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
we have been careful, that they that will read may have delight, and that they that are desirous to commit to memory might have ease, and that all into whose hands it comes might have profit.
And he told them of the battle that they had in Babylon with the Galatians, how they came but eight thousand in all to the business, with four thousand Macedonians, and that the Macedonians being perplexed, the eight thousand destroyed a hundred and twenty thousand because of the help that they had from heaven, and so received a great booty.
Wisdom that is hidden, and treasure that is hoarded up, What profit is in them both?
First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5622.
And Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said again to Joab, Nay, let me also run after Hushai. And Joab said, Why wouldest thou thus run, my son? attend, thou hast no tidings for profit if thou go.
What is the Mighty One, that we should serve him? And what profit is there that we should approach him?
For what matters it to the Lord, if thou wert blameless in thy works? Or is it profitable that thou shouldest perfect thy way?
What profit is there in my blood, When I go down to destruction? Shall the dust give praise to thee? Or shall it declare thy truth?
In vain shall they labor in seeking to a people, which shall not profit them for help, but shall be for a shame and reproach.
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets that prophesy false dreams, and have not told them truly, and have caused my people to err by their lies, and by their errors; yet I sent them not, and commanded them not; therefore, they shall not profit this people at all.
Go up to Gilead, and take balm for the virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain hast thou multiplied thy medicines; there is no help in thee.
There is none to judge thy cause: thou hast been painfully treated for healing, there is no help for thee.
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
we have been careful, that they that will read may have delight, and that they that are desirous to commit to memory might have ease, and that all into whose hands it comes might have profit.
And he told them of the battle that they had in Babylon with the Galatians, how they came but eight thousand in all to the business, with four thousand Macedonians, and that the Macedonians being perplexed, the eight thousand destroyed a hundred and twenty thousand because of the help that they had from heaven, and so received a great booty.
Wisdom that is hidden, and treasure that is hoarded up, What profit is in them both?
And comfort thy heart, Remove sorrow far from thee: For sorrow hath killed many, And there is no profit therein.
My children, keep discipline in peace: For wisdom that is hidden, and a treasure that is not seen, What profit is in them both?
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5622, grouped by book.
Opheleia (Strong's G5622) is a Greek word most simply glossed "advantage". opheleia (o-fel'-ei-ah) n. 1. usefulness, i.e. benefit [from a derivative of the base of G5624]
This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's G5622 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5622 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as advantage. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 8 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5622, with linked reader references where each row is available.