Strong's Concordance ophelon: would that (used to express an unattainable wish) Original Word: ὄφελονPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ophelon Phonetic Spelling: (of'-el-on) Short Definition: O that! I wish! Would that! Definition: O that! I wish! Would that!, followed by indicative. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3785: ὄφελονὄφελον (for ὠφελον, without the augment, 2 aorist of ὀφείλω; in earlier Greek with an infinitive, as ὠφελον θανεῖν, I ought to have died, expressive of a wish, equivalent to would that I were dead; in later Greek it assumes the nature of an interjection, to be rendered) would that, where one wishes that a thing had happened which has not happened, or that a thing be done which probably will not be done (cf. Winers Grammar, 301f (283); Buttmann, § 150, 5): with an optative present Revelation 3:15 Rec.; with an indicative imperfect, Rev. ibid. G L T Tr WH; 2 Corinthians 11:1 (Epictetus diss. 2, 18, 15; Ignatius ad Smyrn. c. 12 [ET]); with an indicative aorist, 1 Corinthians 4:8 (Psalm 118:5 Strong's Exhaustive Concordance would that, I wishFirst person singular of a past tense of opheilo; I ought (wish), i.e. (interjection) oh that! -- would (to God). see GREEK opheilo Forms and Transliterations Οφελον Ὄφελον ὄφελόν Ophelon Óphelon óphelónLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 37854 Occurrences ὄφελόν — 4 Occ. 1 Corinthians 4:8 Inj GRK: ἐβασιλεύσατε καὶ ὄφελόν γε ἐβασιλεύσατε NAS: us; and indeed, [I] wish that you had become kings KJV: and I would to God ye did reign, INT: you reigned and I wish surely you did reign 2 Corinthians 11:1 Inj Galatians 5:12 Inj Revelation 3:15 Inj |