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

Job 35:3

For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’

Job 21:15

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

Jeremiah 23:32

“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.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Proverbs 10:2

Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Job 15:3

Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?

Job 30:13

They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.

Jeremiah 7:8

But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

1 Samuel 12:21

Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.

Jeremiah 12:13

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).

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