KJV dictionary & concordance
Profit, increase, advantage, benefit, or what is acquired; to obtain, win, acquire, profit by, or bring a person to the truth or cause sought.
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First occurrence: Judges 5:19
Complete exact-word concordance
The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
The King answered, and said, I know of certeinty that ye would gaine the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
1611 marginal noteCald. buy.
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
Thus shall hee doe in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule ouer many, and shall diuide the land for gaine.
1611 marginal noteHeb. fortresses of munitions.
1611 marginal noteHeb. a price
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horne yron, & I will make thy hooues brasse, and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gaine vnto the LORD, and their substance vnto the LORD of the whole earth.
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
For what is a man profited, if hee shal gaine the whole world, and lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man giue in exchange for his soule?
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gaine the whole world, and lose his owne soule?
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
For what is a man aduantaged, if hee gaine the whole world, and lose himselfe, or be cast away?
1611 marginal noteMat. 16.26. marke 8.36.
¶ And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
¶ And it came to passe, as we went to prayer, a certaine Damosell possessed with a spirit of diuination, met vs: which brought her masters much gaine by soothsaying.
1611 marginal noteOr, of Pythom,
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
For a certaine man named Demetrius, a siluer smith, which made siluer shrines for Diana, brought no small gaine vnto the craftsmen:
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
For though I bee free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruant vnto all, that I might gaine the more.
And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
And vnto the Iewes, I became as a Iew, that I might gaine the Iewes: to them that are vnder the Law, as vnder the Law, that I might gaine them that are vnder the Law:
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