Words the Bible translates as advantage
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- perissosπερισσόςover and above: what goes past the ordinary measure, whether as an extra one side has that another does not or as a supply beyond what is needed
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- more than is needed: unnecessary, and so better left out
- ōpheleiaὠφέλειαadvantagenot studied yet
- yitronיִתְרוֹןgain that is really left over: the surplus or edge that remains once the full cost of the effort has been counted
- yoterיוֹתֵרthe extra: whatever is over and above what has already been counted, whether that surplus is a leftover, an edge held over someone else, or a step too far
- motarמוֹתָרadvantagenot studied yet
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