Genesis 25:32
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
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Profit
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James 2:16
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
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Genesis
22 verses
1 Samuel
11 verses
Esther
11 verses
Job
44 verses
Psalms
11 verses
Proverbs
33 verses
Ecclesiastes
66 verses
Isaiah
76 verses
Jeremiah
66 verses
Malachi
11 verses
Mark
11 verses
Romans
11 verses
1 Corinthians
54 verses
Galatians
11 verses
2 Timothy
11 verses
Hebrews
22 verses
James
22 verses
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יָעַל
yâʻal · yaw-al'
18 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
Strong's KJV usage: × at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 12:21Strong's last: Jeremiah 23:32
Open full H3276 profile →יִתְרוֹן
yithrôwn · yith-rone'
5 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
preeminence, gain
Strong's KJV usage: better, excellency(-leth), profit(-able).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 1:3Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 5:16
Open full H3504 profile →ὠφελέω
ōpheléō · o-fel-eh'-o
4 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
to be useful, i.e. to benefit
Strong's KJV usage: :--advantage, better, prevail, profit.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Mark 8:36Strong's last: Hebrews 4:2
Open full G5623 profile →συμφέρω
symphérō · soom-fer'-o
3 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
to bear together (contribute), i.e. (literally) to collect, or (figuratively) to conduce; especially (neuter participle as a noun) advantage
Strong's KJV usage: :--be better for, bring together, be expedient (for), be good, (be) profit(-able for).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 7:35Strong's last: Hebrews 12:10
Open full G4851 profile →בֶּצַע
betsaʻ · beh'-tsah
3 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)
Strong's KJV usage: covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 37:26Strong's last: Malachi 3:14
Open full H1215 profile →ὄφελος
óphelos · of'-el-os
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
gain
Strong's KJV usage: :--advantageth, profit.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: James 2:14Strong's last: James 2:16
Open full G3786 profile →χρήσιμος
chrḗsimos · khray'-see-mos
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
serviceable
Strong's KJV usage: :--profit.
Strong's first: 2 Timothy 2:14Strong's last: 2 Timothy 2:14
Open full G5539 profile →ὠφέλεια
ōphéleia · o-fel'-i-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
usefulness, i.e. benefit
Strong's KJV usage: :--advantage, profit.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 3:1Strong's last: Romans 3:1
Open full G5622 profile →יוֹתֵר
yôwthêr · yo-thare'
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
properly, redundant; hence, over and above, as adjective, noun, adverb or conjunction
Strong's KJV usage: better, more(-over), over, profit.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 7:11Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 7:11
Open full H3148 profile →מוֹתָר
môwthâr · mo-thar'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
literally gain; figuratively, superiority
Strong's KJV usage: plenteousness, preeminence, profit.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 14:23Strong's last: Proverbs 14:23
Open full H4195 profile →שָׁוָה
shâvâh · shaw-vaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a-) like, make plain, profit, reckon.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Esther 3:8Strong's last: Esther 3:8
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G5539
Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
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profit
PROF'IT, noun [Latin profectus, proficio, to profit literally to proceed forward, to advance; pro and facio. The primary sense of facio is to urge or drive.
1. In commerce, the advance in the price of goods sold beyond the cost of purchase. Net profit is the gain made by selling goods at an advanced price or a price beyond what they had cost the seller, and beyond all costs and charges. The profit of the farmer and the manufacturer is the gain made by the sale of produce or manufactures, after deducting the value of the labor, materials, rents and all expenses, together with the interest of the capital employed, whether land, machinery, buildings, instruments or money.
Let no man anticipate uncertain profits.
2. Any gain or pecuniary advantage; as an office of profit or honor.
3. Any advantage; any accession of good from labor or exertion; an extensive signification, comprehending the acquisition of any thing valuable, corporeal or intellectual, temporal or spiritual. A person may derive profit from exercise, amusements, reading, study, meditation, social intercourse, religious instruction, etc. Every improvement or advance in knowledge is profit to a wise man.
PROF'IT, verb transitive
1. To benefit; to advantage; applied to one's self, to derive some pecuniary interest or some accession of good from any thing; as, to profit one's self by a commercial undertaking, or by reading or instruction. In this sense, the verb is generally used intransitively. Applied to others, to communicate good to; to advance the interest of.
Brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you? 1 Corinthians 14:6.
Whereto might the strength of their hands profit me? Job 30:2.
2. To improve; to advance.
It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs.
PROF'IT, verb intransitive To gain advantage in percuniary interest; as, to profit by trade or manufactures.
1. To make improvement; to improve; to grow wiser or better; to advance in any thing useful; as, to profit by reading or by experience.
She has profited by your counsel.
2. To be of use or advantage; to bring good to.
Riches profit not in the day of wrath. Proverbs 11:4.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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