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ὄνησις — profitable · Greek word G8518

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ὄνησιςonēsis
profitable
Greek · G8518 · 2 occurrences

Dictionary

use, profit, advantage, good luck , (Odyssey by Homer):—;with genitive rei, enjoyment of a thing, profit or delight from it, (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; so, ὄν. εὑρεῖν ἀπό τινος (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
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Liddell–Scott–Jones

ὄνησις, εως, Dor., etc. ὄνασις, ιος, ἡ, (ὀνίνημι)
A use, profit, advantage, Od. 21.402; ὄ. τισί [ἐστί] τι S. Ant. 616 (lyr.); ἐπ’ ὄνασιν ἐμοί for a delight to me, Alc. 46 ( v.l. ἐπόνασιν ); εἰς ὄ. ἀνθρώπων S. Aj. 400 (lyr.); ὄνησιν ἔχειν bring advantage, E. Med. 618, etc.: c. gen., enjoyment of a thing, profit or delight from it, A. Ag. 350, E. Hec. 1231; ὄνησιν ἔχειν τινός Pl. Sph. 230d; ἀπὸ [τῶν βιβλίων] ὄ. ἕξεις POxy. 531.12 (ii A. D.); ὄ. εὑρεῖν ἀπό τινος S. El. 1061 (lyr.); οὐδέ σφιν ἀρχῆς τῆσδε.. ὄ. ἥξει Id. OC 452; γένοιτό σοι τέκνων ὄ. Philem. 156, cf. SIG 526.40 (Itanos, iii B. C.); βίου ὄ. Herod. 7.34; φέρειν ὄ. ἀστοῖς S. OC 288; τί γὰρ ἡ σὴ δεινότης εἰς ὄ. ἥκει τῇ πατρίδι; D. 18.242; φορᾶς ὄ., as etym. of φρόνησις, Pl. Cra. 411d.
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Where it occurs

Septuagint 1

Zechariah (LXX) 8:10

Intertestamental 1

1 Enoch (Greek, Swete) 14:6
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