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יַעַל H3276
H3276 is the Hebrew word יַעַל, transliterated yaʻal and said yaw-al'. The King James Version most often renders it profit.
What it means
properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited).
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 16 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: [idiom] at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able).
Verses using יַעַל
All 14 verses, quoted in full.
1 Samuel 12:21 · KJV
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
Job 21:15 · KJV
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Job 30:13 · KJV
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
Job 35:3 · KJV
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Proverbs 10:2 · KJV
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 11:4 · KJV
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Isaiah 30:5 · KJV
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.
Isaiah 44:9 · KJV
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.
Isaiah 44:10 · KJV
Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
Isaiah 47:12 · KJV
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.
Isaiah 48:17 · KJV
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.
Jeremiah 12:13 · KJV
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 23:32 · KJV
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.
Habakkuk 2:18 · KJV
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
Common questions
What does Strong's H3276 mean?
H3276 is the Hebrew word יַעַל (yaʻal), meaning properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited).
How is H3276 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it profit (8 times), things which cannot profit (1 time), set forward (1 time), could not profit (1 time), nor profit (1 time), among others.
How many times does H3276 appear in the Bible?
יַעַל (yaʻal) is tagged in 14 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3276 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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