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profit”; in some mss. in 1 Cor. 7:35 and 10:33 (see No. 4); in 1 Cor. 12:7, preceded by
, “with a view to, towards,” translated “to profit withal,” lit., “towards the
profiting.Ӧ
4.
$
(
!$
, 4851d), akin to No. 3, an adjective, signifying “profitable,
useful, expedient,” is used as a noun, and found in the best texts, with the article, in 1
Cor. 7:35 (see No. 3) and 10:33 (1st part), the word being understood in the 2nd part.¶
5.
(
$
)
, 4297), translated “profiting” in 1 Tim. 4:15,
KJV
(
RV
,
“progress”); see
FURTHERANCE
.
B. Verbs.
1.
$
(
!$
, 4851), “to be profitable,” Matt. 5:29, 30; Acts 20:20: see
EXPEDIENT
.
2.
(
8 !
, 5623), akin to A, No. 1, is translated “to profit” in Matt. 15:5;
16:26; Mark 7:11; 8:36; Luke 9:25,
RV
; John 6:63; Rom. 2:25; 1 Cor. 13:3; 14:6; Gal.
5:2; Heb. 4:2; 13:9. See
ADVANTAGE
,
BETTERED
,
PREVAIL
.
3.
(
$
, 4298) is translated “I profited” in Gal. 1:14,
KJV
. See
ADVANCE
.
C. Adjectives.
1.
(
$)
, 5539), “useful” (akin to
, “to use”), is translated as
a noun in 2 Tim. 2:14, “to (no) profit,” lit., “to (nothing) profitable.”¶
2.
$
(
E $
, 2173), “useful, serviceable” (
$
, “well,”
,
“serviceable,” akin to
, see No. 1), is used in Philem. 11, “profitable,” in
contrast to
, “unprofitable” ( , negative), with a delightful play upon the name
“Onesimus,” signifying “profitable” (from
, “profit”), a common name among
slaves. Perhaps the prefix
$
should have been brought out by some rendering like “very
profitable,” “very serviceable,” the suggestion being that whereas the runaway slave had
done great disservice to Philemon, now after his conversion, in devotedly serving the
apostle in his confinement, he had thereby already become particularly serviceable to
Philemon himself, considering that the latter would have most willingly rendered service
to Paul, had it been possible. Onesimus, who had belied his name, was now true to it on
behalf of his erstwhile master, who also owed his conversion to the apostle.
It is translated “meet for (the master’s) use” in 2 Tim. 2:21; “useful” in 4:11,
RV
(
KJV
,
“profitable”). See
USEFUL
.¶ In the Sept., Prov. 31:13.¶
3.
(
8 !
, 5624), “useful, profitable” (akin to B, No. 2), is translated
“profitable” in 1 Tim. 4:8, both times in the
RV
(
KJV
, “profiteth” in the 1st part), of
physical exercise, and of godliness; in 2 Tim. 3:16 of the Godbreathed Scriptures; in
Titus 3:8, of maintaining good works.¶
PROGRESS
(
$
)
, 4297) is translated “progress” in Phil. 1:12, 25 and 1 Tim. 4:15:
see
FURTHERANCE
.¶
PROLONG