To gain
יָעַלStrong’s H3276yaal (ya-al)
Appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yaal is the Hebrew word usually translated “profit”, “benefit” and “it profits”. It appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament.
“And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.”
Meaning
- (Hiphil) to gain, profit, benefit, avail
How it's translated
- to profit 3
- they benefit 2
- it profits 2
- they will confer profit 2
- to confer profit 2
- they will benefit 1
- anyone profits 1
- will we gain 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 7
- Jeremiah 6
- Job 4
- Proverbs 2
- 1 Samuel 1
- Habakkuk 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 15:3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
- Job 21:15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
- Job 30:13They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
- Job 35:3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
- Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
- Proverbs 11:4Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Hebrew dictionary
יָעַל yaal · to gain
(Hiphil) to gain, profit, benefit, avail
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “gain” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GAIN, verb transitive
[Heb. to gain to possess.]
- To obtain by industry or the employment of capital; to get as profit or advantage; to acquire.“What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” Matthew 16:26
- To win; to obtain by superiority or success; as, to gain a battle or a victory; to gain a prize; to gain a cause in law.
- To obtain; to acquire; to procure; to receive; as, to gain favor; to gain reputation.
- To obtain an increase of anything; as, to gain time.
All definitions and other forms of “gain”
- To obtain or receive anything, good or bad; as, to gain harm and loss. Acts 27:21
- To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.“If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother” Matthew 18:15
- To obtain as a suitor.
- To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.
GAIN, verb intransitive
To have advantage or profit; to grow rich; to advance in interest or happiness.
- “Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion” Ezekiel 22:12
- To encroach; to advance on; to come forward by degrees; with on; as, the ocean or river gains on the land.
- To advance nearer; to gain ground on; with on; as, a fleet horse gains on his competitor.
- To get ground; to prevail against or have the advantage.
- To obtain influence with.
GAIN, noun
Profit; interest; something obtained as an advantage.
- “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ” Philippians 3:7
- Unlawful advantage. 2 Corinthians 12:17
- Overplus in computation; any thing opposed to loss.
GAIN, noun
In architecture, a beveling shoulder; a lapping of timbers, or the cut that is made for receiving a timber.
GAIN, adjective
Handy; dexterous.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.