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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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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 Box 1Sa 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:21 - and turn ye not aside; for then would ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:3 -
Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:15 -
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:13 -
They mar my path,
They set forward my calamity,
Even men that have no helper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:3 -
That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee?
And, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:2 -
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing;
But righteousness delivereth from death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:4 -
Riches profit not in the day of wrath;
But righteousness delivereth from death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:5 - They shall all be ashamed because of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9 - They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:10 - Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:12 - Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:17 - Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:12 - I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handle the law knew me not: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:11 - Hath a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:8 - Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13 - They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and ye shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - O Jehovah, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, even vanity and things wherein there is no profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32 - Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, saith Jehovah, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 - What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
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