Strong’s G3786 · Greek
ὄφελος
óphelos · of'-el-os
Origin from ὀφέλλω (to heap up, i.e. accumulate or benefit);
Meaning gain
In the King James Version advantageth, profit.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- 1 Corinthians 15:32If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
- James 2:14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
- James 2:16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.