Words the Bible translates as profit
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 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
- 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
- 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
- yitronיִתְרוֹןgain that is really left over: the surplus or edge that remains once the full cost of the effort has been counted
- lusiteleiλυσιτελεῖto profitnot studied yet
- saḥarסַחַרprofitnot studied yet
- kerdosκέρδοςgain: profit or advantage, the return a person counts as an asset on the credit side of the ledger
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