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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And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
H1215
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
H3276
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
H7737
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
H3276
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
no direct Strong's tag
Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
H3276
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
no direct Strong's tag
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
H1215
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
H3276
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
H3276
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
H4195
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
H3504
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
H3504
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
H3504
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
H3504
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
H3504
And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
H3148
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
H3276
They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
H3276
They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
H3276
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
H3276
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
H3276
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
H3276
Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
H3276
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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