KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of profit, meaning to benefit, improve, or advance.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Job 33:27
Complete exact-word concordance
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
He looketh vpon men, and if any say, I haue sinned, and peruerted that which was right, and it profited mee not:
1611 marginal noteOr, he shall looke vpon men, and say, I haue sinned, &c.
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
But yee say, Whosoeuer shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift by whatsoeuer thou mightest bee profited by me,
1611 marginal noteMar. 7.11,12.
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?
But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoeuer thou mightest be profited by me: he shalbe free.
1611 marginal noteMatth. 15.5.
And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
And profited in the Iewes Religion, aboue many my equals in mine owne nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
1611 marginal noteGr. equals in yeeres.
Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
Be not caried about with diuers and strange doctrines: for it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace, not with meates, which haue not profited them that haue beene occupied therein.
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