ὄφελον

G3785 G:INJ

I wish!

ὄφελον 2 aorist of ὀφείλω, without the augment (see M, Pr. , 201n), used to express a fruitless wish; [in LXX (with aor. indic.): Exo.16:3 (נָתַן מִי), Num.14:2 Num.20:3 (לוּא), Psa.119:5 (אַחֲלַי), etc. ;] in cl. with an infin. (chiefly poët.), would that : with indic. aor., 1Co.4:8; impf., 2Co.11:1 , Rev.3:15 ; fut., Gal.5:12 (a practicable wish, see 131., 206 f., 220. The construction with indic. is only found in late writers.)† (AS)