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profit

Meaning of “profit”

Sense 1: Benefit or advantage. Sense 2: To benefit, improve, or advance.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
45 occurrences43 verses17 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 25:32

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2 Timothy 2:14
Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
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1611 witness · 2 Timothy 2:14 · retained source text

Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord, that they striue not about words to no profite, but to the subuerting of the hearers.

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Historical definitions

To be of use or advantage; to bring good to. To make improvement; to improve; to grow wiser or better; to advance in any thing useful.

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