Words the Bible translates as benefit
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.
- ōpheleōὠφελέωto benefit: to do someone real good, to be of use, to profit
- ya'alיָעַלto be of use: to bring real benefit or advantage, to actually do someone good
- gemulגְּמוּלa dealing: what one person does to another, or the matching return that deed earns; most often a deserved recompense.
- sakhanסָכַןto be of benefit: to be worth something to the one who stands to gain
+2 more meanings
- an attendant: a person kept close to a superior to look after him personally
- to be long familiar with: to know something by living with it rather than by hearing of it
- tagmulתַּגְמוּלbenefitnot studied yet
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