What does ὀνίνημι (onínēmi) mean in the Bible?
ὀνίνημι (onínēmi) is a Greek word meaning "to have joy".
Greek · G3685
ὀνίνημι
To have joy
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ὀνίνημιG3685
Pronunciationonínēmi
What does ὀνίνημι (onínēmi) mean in the Bible?
ὀνίνημι (onínēmi) is a Greek word meaning "to have joy".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3685?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include let me have some benefit (1).
Where does ὀνίνημι (onínēmi) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Philemon 1:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Philemon (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itlet me have some benefit1×Philemon 1:20
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowPhilemon 1:20
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Philemon1
Source forms
ὀναίμην1xonaimēnPhilemon 1:20
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Optative Middle - 1st Person Singular1xPhilemon 1:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to have joy
Source Gloss
to have joy
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
to profit, benefit, help; mid., to have profit, derive benefit: optative (M, Pr., 195), with genitive, Phm 20.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Philemon 1:20Verb First Person Singular Second Aorist Middle Deponent Optative
ὀναίμηνonaimhn
I help, profit, have joy of
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist1
Voice
middle1
Mood
optative1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ὀνίνημι is a primary verb - no further derivation.