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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 Box 1Sa 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:21 - and do not turn aside after vain things which cannot profit or save, for they are vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:3 - Should he argue in unprofitable talk, or in words with which 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 do we get if we pray to him?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:13 - They break up my path, they promote my calamity; no one restrains them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:3 - that you ask, 'What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:2 - Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:4 - Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:5 - every one comes to shame through a people that cannot profit them, that brings neither help nor profit, but shame and disgrace."

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb. Through a land of trouble and anguish, from where come the lioness and the lion, the viper and the flying serpent, they carry their riches on the backs of asses, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that cannot profit them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9 - All who make idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit; their witnesses neither see 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 fashions a god or casts an image, that is profitable for nothing?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:12 - Stand fast in your enchantments and your many sorceries, with which you have labored from your youth; perhaps you may be able to succeed, perhaps you may inspire terror.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:17 - Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:12 - I will tell of your righteousness and your doings, but they will not help you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - The priests did not say, 'Where is the LORD?' Those who handle the law did not know me; the rulers transgressed against me; the prophets prophesied by Ba'al, and went after things that do not profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:11 - Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:8 - "Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail.

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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 tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their harvests because of the fierce anger of the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - O LORD, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: "Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32 - Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says the LORD, and who tell them and lead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when I did not send them or charge them; so they do not profit this people at all, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 - What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For the workman trusts in his own creation when he makes dumb idols!
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