ὄφελον
ophelon
- I wish!
- would that
STEPBible TBESG
Glosses: 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)
Abbott-Smith
Glosses: would that
would that