Words the Bible translates as gain
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 13 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- karposκαρπόςfruit: what something yields, whether the produce of a plant or the result a life, action, or work brings forth.
- ōpheleōὠφελέωto benefit: to do someone real good, to be of use, to profit
- tevu'ahתְּבוּאָהthe yield that comes in from land or labor: a harvest of crops, or income and gain more broadly
- peripoieōπεριποιέωto gainnot studied yet
- betsaבֶּצַעgain: the material advantage a person gets, most often profit seized by greed, fraud, or violence
- ya'alיָעַלto be of use: to bring real benefit or advantage, to actually do someone good
- kerdainōκερδαίνωto gain: to get something of value for oneself, by effort or investment
+1 more meaning
- to spare oneself a loss, to avoid harm one would otherwise suffer
- batsaבָּצַעto gain unjustly: to grab dishonest profit at another's expense; to be greedy for gain
+2 more meanings
- to cut off: to sever a piece decisively from a whole, and so to bring a life or thing to an abrupt end
- to bring to completion: to carry a work through to its decisive finish
- yitronיִתְרוֹןgain that is really left over: the surplus or edge that remains once the full cost of the effort has been counted
- ophelosὄφελοςgainnot studied yet
- porismosπορισμόςgainnot studied yet
- kerdosκέρδοςgain: profit or advantage, the return a person counts as an asset on the credit side of the ledger
- minlehמִנְלֶהgainnot studied yet
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