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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; for then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:15 - Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
And what profit do we have 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;
They have no helper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:3 - For you say,
‘What advantage will it be to You?
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 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 - They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them,
Or be help or benefit,
But a shame and also a reproach.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The burden against the beasts of the South.

Through a land of trouble and anguish,
From which came the lioness and lion,
The viper and fiery flying serpent,
They will carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys,
And their treasures on the humps of camels,
To a people who shall not profit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9 - Those who make an image, all of them are useless,
And their precious things shall not profit;
They are their own witnesses;
They neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:10 - Who would form a god or mold an image
That profits him nothing?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:12 - “Stand now with your enchantments
And the multitude of your sorceries,
In which you have labored from your youth—
Perhaps you will be able to profit,
Perhaps you will prevail.

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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 by the way you should go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:12 - I will declare your righteousness
And your works,
For they will not profit 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?’
And those who handle the law did not know Me;
The rulers also transgressed against Me;
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 - Has a nation changed its gods,
Which are not gods?
But My people have changed their Glory
For what does not profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:8 - “Behold, you 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 but reaped thorns;
They have put themselves to pain but do not profit.
But be ashamed of your harvest
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 fortress,
My refuge in the day of affliction,
The Gentiles shall come to You
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Surely our fathers have inherited lies,
Worthlessness and unprofitable things.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32 - “Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” says the LORD, “and tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies and by their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall 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 the image, that its maker should carve it,
The molded image, a teacher of lies,
That the maker of its mold should trust in it,
To make mute idols?
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