Profit
סַחַרStrong’s H5504sachar (sa-char)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sachar is the Hebrew word usually translated “profit her”, “profit its” and “more than profit of”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.”
Meaning
- Traffic, gain, profit, gain from merchandisetraffic, gain from traffic
How it's translated
- profit her 2
- profit its 2
- more than profit of 1
- traffic of 1
- and traffic of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 3
- Proverbs 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Proverbs 31:18She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
- Isaiah 23:3And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
- Isaiah 23:18And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
- Isaiah 45:14Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
Hebrew dictionary
סַחַר sachar · profit
1) traffic, gain, profit, gain from merchandise 1a) traffic, gain from traffic Also means: sa.char (סָ֫חַר "merchandise" H5505)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “profit” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PROF'IT, noun
[Latin profectus, proficio, to profit literally to proceed forward, to advance; pro and facio. The primary sense of facio is to urge or drive.
- In commerce, the advance in the price of goods sold beyond the cost of purchase.
- Any gain or pecuniary advantage; as an office of profit or honor.
- Any advantage; any accession of good from labor or exertion; an extensive signification, comprehending the acquisition of any thing valuable, corporeal or intellectual, temporal or spiritual.
All definitions and other forms of “profit”
PROF'IT, verb transitive
- To benefit; to advantage; applied to one's self, to derive some pecuniary interest or some accession of good from any thing; as, to profit one's self by a commercial undertaking, or by reading or instruction.“Brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you?” 1 Corinthians 14:6“Whereto might the strength of their hands profit me?” Job 30:2
- To improve; to advance.
PROF'IT, verb intransitive
To gain advantage in percuniary interest; as, to profit by trade or manufactures.
- To make improvement; to improve; to grow wiser or better; to advance in any thing useful; as, to profit by reading or by experience.
- To be of use or advantage; to bring good to.“Riches profit not in the day of wrath” Proverbs 11:4
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.