Strong's Hebrew · H3276
יַעַל
yaʻal · yaw-al'
[idiom] at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able).
Definition
properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 23 times in Scripture
“For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’”
“Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’”
““Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.”
“Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.”
“Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.”
“Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?”
“They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.”
“But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.”
“Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.”
“They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.””
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).