Strong’s Greek
G3786 — ophelos
The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.
ὄφελος
ophelos — pronounced of'-el-os
from ophello (to heap up, i.e. accumulate or benefit); gain:--advantageth, profit.
3 occurrences in the KJV.
1 Corinthians 15:32
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
James 2:14
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
James 2:16
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
