Unprofitableness Unprofitable

Unprofitableness Unprofitable

'''A — 1: ἀχρεῖος (Strong'S #888 — Adjective — achreios — akh-ri'-os )

"unless (chreia, "use"), "unprofitable," occurs in  Matthew 25:30;  Luke 17:10 . In the Sept.,  2 Samuel 6:22 .

'''A — 2: ἄχρηστος (Strong'S #890 — Adjective — achrestos — akh'-race-tos )

"unprofitable, unserviceable" (chrestos, "serviceable"), is said of Onesimus,  Philemon 1:11 , antithetically to euchrestos, "profitable," with a play on the name of the converted slave (from onesis, "profit").

'''A — 3: ἀλυσιτελής (Strong'S #255 — Adjective — alusiteles — al-oo-sit-el-ace' )

"not advantageous, not making good the expense involved" (lusiteles, "useful"), occurs in  Hebrews 13:17 .

'''A — 4: ἀνωφελής (Strong'S #512 — Adjective — anopheles — an-o-fel'-ace )

"not beneficial or serviceable" (a, negative, n, euphonic, opheleo, "to do good, to benefit"), is rendered "unprofitable" in  Titus 3:9; in the neuter, used as a noun, "unprofitableness,"  Hebrews 7:18 , said of the Law as not accomplishing that which the "better hope" could alone bring. In the Sept.,  Proverbs 28:3;  Isaiah 44:10;  Jeremiah 2:8 .

'''B — 1: ἀχρειόω (Strong'S #889 — Verb — achreoo | achreioo — akh-ri-o'-o )

akin to A, No. 1, "to make useless," occurs in  Romans 3:12 , in the Passive Voice, rendered "they have ... become unprofitable."