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Gain

מִנְלֶהStrong’s H4512

minleh (min-leh)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Minleh is the Hebrew word usually translated “property their”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.”
Job 15:29 KJV
Meaning
  1. Gain, wealth, acquisitionmeaning uncertain
How it's translated
  • property their 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Job 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    מִנְלֶה minleh · gain

    1) gain, wealth, acquisition 1a) meaning uncertain

    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.]

    1. 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
    2. 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.
    3. To obtain; to acquire; to procure; to receive; as, to gain favor; to gain reputation.
    4. To obtain an increase of anything; as, to gain time.
    All definitions and other forms of “gain”
    1. To obtain or receive anything, good or bad; as, to gain harm and loss. Acts 27:21
    2. 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
    3. To obtain as a suitor.
    4. 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.

    1. “Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion” Ezekiel 22:12
    2. To encroach; to advance on; to come forward by degrees; with on; as, the ocean or river gains on the land.
    3. To advance nearer; to gain ground on; with on; as, a fleet horse gains on his competitor.
    4. To get ground; to prevail against or have the advantage.
    5. To obtain influence with.

    GAIN, noun

    Profit; interest; something obtained as an advantage.

    1. “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ” Philippians 3:7
    2. Unlawful advantage. 2 Corinthians 12:17
    3. 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.