Strong's Hebrew · H3276

יַעַל

yaʻal · yaw-al'

Definitionproperly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usage[idiom] at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able).
Occurrences23 in the KJV · 21 verses

יַעַל in Scripture

1 Samuel 12:21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things , which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. Job 15:3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? Job 21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? Job 30:13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper. Job 35:3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and , What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? Proverbs 10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. Proverbs 11:4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. Isaiah 30:5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. Isaiah 30:6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them . Isaiah 44:9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. Isaiah 44:10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? Isaiah 47:12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
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