Unprofitable, Unprofitableness
Unprofitable, Unprofitableness
“unless (chreia, “use”), “unprofitable,” occurs in Mat 25:30; Luk 17:10. In the Sept., 2Sa 6:22.
“unprofitable, unserviceable” (chrestos, “serviceable”), is said of Onesimus, Phm 1:11, antithetically to euchrestos, “profitable,” with a play on the name of the converted slave (from onesis, “profit”).
Note: Achreios is more distinctly negative than achrestos, which suggests positively hurtful.
“not advantageous, not making good the expense involved” (lusiteles, “useful”), occurs in Heb 13:17.
“not beneficial or serviceable” (a, negative, n, euphonic, opheleo, “to do good, to benefit”), is rendered “unprofitable” in Tit 3:9; in the neuter, used as a noun, “unprofitableness,” Heb 7:18, said of the Law as not accomplishing that which the “better hope” could alone bring. In the Sept., Pro 28:3; Isa 44:10; Jer 2:8.
akin to A, No. 1, “to make useless,” occurs in Rom 3:12, in the Passive Voice, rendered “they have … become unprofitable.”