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Lexicon :: Strong's H3276 - yāʿal

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יָעַל
Transliteration
yāʿal
Pronunciation
yaw-al'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 882

Strong’s Definitions

יָעַל yâʻal, yaw-al'; a primitive root; properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited):—× at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H3276 in the following manner: profit (19x), at all (1x), set forward (1x), good (1x), profitable (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H3276 in the following manner: profit (19x), at all (1x), set forward (1x), good (1x), profitable (1x).

  1. (Hiphil) to gain, profit, benefit, avail

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָעַל yâʻal, yaw-al'; a primitive root; properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited):—× at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able).
STRONGS H3276: Abbreviations
† I. [יָעַל] verb only Hiph. profit, avail, benefit; —
Hiph. Perfect הוֺעִיל Habakkuk 2:18; Imperfect יוֺעִיל Jeremiah 2:11 + 2 times; אֹעִיל Job 35:3; יוֺעִילוּ 1 Samuel 12:21 + 6 times; יוֺעִ֫לוּ Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 12:13; יוֺעִילוּךְ Isaiah 57:12; נוֺעִיל Job 21:15; Infinitive absolute הוֺעֵיל Jeremiah 23:22; construct הוֺעִיל Jeremiah 7:8 + 4 times; Participle מוֺעִיל Jeremiah 16:19; — profit, avail, benefit, always (except Job 30:13 where in bad sense, Isaiah 47:12) with negative, or in question implying negative; especially of idols or false gods (as unprofitable), so Habakkuk 2:18; Isaiah 44:9, 10; Isaiah 57:12; Jeremiah 2:8 אחרי לא יועילו הלבו, Jeremiah 2:11 המיר כבידו בלוא יועיל, Jeremiah 16:19 ואין בם מועיל, 1 Samuel 12:21, of vain confidences Jeremiah 7:8, or promises Jeremiah 23:32 (twice in verse) (followed by לְ); of Egypt as ally Isaiah 30:5 (followed by לְ), Isaiah 30:5; Isaiah 30:6; of wickedness Proverbs 10:2; wealth Proverbs 11:4; worthless men Job 30:13 (לְהַוָּתִי יועִילוּ i.e. promote it); of words Job 15:3 (|| דָּבָר לֹא יִסְכּוֺן); in general gain profit Isaiah 47:12; Isaiah 48:17; Jeremiah 12:13; Job 21:15; Job 35:3.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

12:21; 12:21

Job

15:3; 21:15; 21:15; 30:13; 30:13; 35:3; 35:3

Proverbs

10:2; 11:4

Isaiah

30:5; 30:5; 30:6; 44:9; 44:10; 47:12; 47:12; 48:17; 57:12; 57:12

Jeremiah

2:8; 2:8; 2:11; 2:11; 7:8; 7:8; 12:13; 12:13; 16:19; 16:19; 23:22; 23:32

Habakkuk

2:18; 2:18

H3276

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3276 matches the Hebrew יָעַל (yāʿal),
which occurs 23 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:21 - And turn not aside after the gods that are nothing, who will do nothing, and will not deliver you, because they are nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:3 - reasoning with improper sayings, and with words wherein is no profit?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:15 - What is the Mighty One, that we should serve him? and what profit is there that we should approach him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:13 - My paths are ruined; for they have stripped off my raiment: he has shot at me with his weapons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:2 - Treasures shall not profit the lawless: but righteousness shall deliver from death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:5 - In vain shall they labour in seeking to a people, which shall not profit them for help, but shall be for a shame and reproach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The Vision of the Quadrupeds in the Desert. In affliction and distress, where are the lion and lion's whelp, thence come also asps, and the young of flying asps, there shall they be who bore their wealth on asses and camels to a nation which shall not profit them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9 - But they that framed false gods did not then hearken; and they that graved images are all vain, performing their own desires, which shall not profit them, but they shall be ashamed

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:10 - that form a god, and all that grave worthless things:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:12 - Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the abundance of thy sorcery, which thou hast learned from thy youth; if thou canst be profited.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:17 - Thus saith the Lord that delivered thee, the Holy One of Israel; I am thy God, I have shewn thee how thou shouldest find the way wherein thou shouldest walk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:12 - And I will declare thy righteousness, and thy sins, which shall not profit thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that held by the law knew me not: the shepherds also sinned against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after that which profited not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:11 - if the nations will change their gods, though they are not gods: but my people have changed their glory, for that from which they shall not be profited.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:8 - But whereas ye have trusted in lying words, whereby ye shall not be profited;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13 - Sow wheat, and reap thorns; their portions shall not profit them: be ashamed of your boasting, because of reproach before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - O Lord, thou art my strength, and mine help, and my refuge in days of evil: to thee the Gentiles shall come from the end of the earth, and shall say, How vain were the idols which our fathers procured to themselves, and there is no help in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32 - Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets that prophesy false dreams, and have not told them truly, and have caused my people to err by their lies, and by their errors; yet I sent them not, and commanded them not; therefore, they shall not profit this people at all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 - What profits it the graven image, that they have graven it? one has made it a molten work, a false image; for the maker has trusted in his work, to make dumb idols.
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