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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Profit

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

45exact KJV occurrences 32Old Testament 13New Testament 17books containing the word 11mapped Strong's IDs 40occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

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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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where profit appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

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
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

GreekG4851
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

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GreekG3786
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

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GreekG5622
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

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HebrewH7737
שָׁוָה

shâvâh · shaw-vaw'

1 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences

v

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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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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45 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Jeremiah 2:8
H3276

The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

Jeremiah 2:11
H3276

Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

Jeremiah 12:13
H3276

They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

Jeremiah 16:19
H3276

O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

Jeremiah 23:32
H3276

Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.

Malachi 3:14
H1215

Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

Mark 8:36
G5623

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Romans 3:1
G5622

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

1 Corinthians 7:35
G4851

And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

1 Corinthians 10:33
G4851

Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 10:33
no direct Strong's tag

Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 12:7
no direct Strong's tag

But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

1 Corinthians 14:6
G5623

Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?

Galatians 5:2
G5623

Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.

2 Timothy 2:14
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.

Hebrews 4:2
G5623

For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

Hebrews 12:10
G4851

For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

James 2:14
G3786

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

James 2:16
G3786

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?

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

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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