Jump to: Topical • ISBE • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (n.) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.2. (n.) Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over. 3. (n.) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution. 4. (n.) Interest of money; increase; surplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen). 5. (v. t.) To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ADVANTAGEad-van'-taj (cakhan): In Job 35:3 is interpreted in succeeding clause as "profit." In Romans 3:1 perissos, is likewise interpreted by a paraphrase in the next sentence. the Revised Version (British and American) prefers to render pleonekteo by "take advantage," where the King James Version has "defraud" (2 Corinthians 7:2), or "make gain of" (2 Corinthians 12:17; compare 2 Corinthians 2:11). In Jude 1:16 "advantage" (opheleia) means "profit." Greek 3786. ophelos -- advantage, help ... advantage, help. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: ophelos Phonetic Spelling: (of'-el-os) Short Definition: advantage, gain, profit Definition ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3786.htm - 6k 4124. pleonexia -- advantage, covetousness 3683. Onesiphoros -- "bringing advantage," Onesiphorus, a ... 4122. pleonekteo -- to have more, to overreach 5622. opheleia -- assistance, profit, benefit 4053. perissos -- abundant 2771. kerdos -- gain 1554. ekdidomi -- to give up, give out, let out for hire 4851. sumphero -- to bring together, to be profitable 1731. endeiknumi -- to indicate (by word or act), to prove Topical Bible Verses Romans 3:1-3What advantage then has the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Topicalbible.org Strong's Hebrew 3504. yithron -- advantage, profit... 3503, 3504. yithron. 3505 . advantage, profit. Transliteration: yithron Phonetic Spelling: (yith-rone') Short Definition: advantage. ... /hebrew/3504.htm - 6k 3148. yother -- superiority, advantage, excess 5532. cakan -- to be of use or service, benefit 4195. mothar -- abundance, preeminence 3788. kishron -- skill, success 2600. chinnam -- out of favor 5532a. sakan -- to be of use or service, benefit Library Of what Advantage to us is Christ's Ascension into Heaven? What Advantage is it to us to Know that God Has Created, and by ... What is the Special Advantage in the Pelagian Opinions? Treatise ix. On the Advantage of Patience. Of the Advantage and Use of the World and of the Seasons. Christ Acted for Our Advantage in Being Unwilling to Reveal the ... Advantage of the Delay. Of the Advantage of the Delay which Results from the Struggle ... The Necessity and Advantage of Rebuke. Elucidation. Stated in Obscure Terms, with Advantage... Thesaurus Advantage (44 Occurrences)... n.) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a ... /a/advantage.htm - 19k Selfish (14 Occurrences) Interest (35 Occurrences) Purchase (25 Occurrences) Better (218 Occurrences) Benefit (39 Occurrences) Avail (15 Occurrences) Gained (66 Occurrences) Gain (142 Occurrences) Lure (2 Occurrences) Bible Concordance Advantage (44 Occurrences)Mark 5:26 and had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent everything she had and had found no advantage from it, but had rather got worse, John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don't go away, the Counselor won't come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. Acts 7:19 The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive. Romans 3:1 Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision? Romans 7:8 Sin took advantage of this, and by means of the Commandment stirred up within me every kind of coveting; for apart from Law sin would be dead. Romans 7:11 For sin seized the advantage, and by means of the Commandment it completely deceived me, and also put me to death. 1 Corinthians 7:21 Were you a slave when God called you? Let not that weigh on your mind. And yet if you can get your freedom, take advantage of the opportunity. 1 Corinthians 8:8 But meat does not commend us to God; neither if we should not eat do we come short; nor if we should eat have we an advantage. 1 Corinthians 10:24 Let no one seek his own advantage, but that of the other. 1 Corinthians 10:33 even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved. 2 Corinthians 2:11 that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes. 2 Corinthians 7:2 Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one. 2 Corinthians 8:10 I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing. 2 Corinthians 11:20 For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he strikes you on the face. 2 Corinthians 12:17 Did I take advantage of you by anyone of them whom I have sent to you? 2 Corinthians 12:18 I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn't we walk in the same spirit? Didn't we walk in the same steps? Galatians 5:2 Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified. Hebrews 13:17 Obey your leaders and be submissive to them. For they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will have to give account; that they may do this with joy and not with lamentation. For that would be of no advantage to you. Jude 1:16 These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaks proud things), showing respect of persons to gain advantage. Exodus 22:22 "You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child. Exodus 22:23 If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry; Leviticus 25:14 "'If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another. 2 Samuel 11:23 The messenger said to David, "The men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field, and we were on them even to the entrance of the gate. Job 22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? Job 35:3 That you ask,'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?' Proverbs 14:23 In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips 'is' only to want. Proverbs 21:5 The purposes of the diligent 'are' only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want. Ecclesiastes 1:3 What advantage 'is' to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun? Ecclesiastes 2:11 and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole 'is' vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun! Ecclesiastes 2:13 And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness. Ecclesiastes 3:9 What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at? Ecclesiastes 3:19 For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity. Ecclesiastes 5:9 It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king. Ecclesiastes 5:11 When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes? Ecclesiastes 5:16 And this also 'is' a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage 'is' to him who laboureth for wind? Ecclesiastes 6:8 For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living? Ecclesiastes 6:11 For there are many things that increase vanity: what is man advantaged? Ecclesiastes 7:11 Wisdom 'is' good with an inheritance, And an advantage 'it is' to those beholding the sun. Ecclesiastes 7:12 For wisdom 'is' a defense, money 'is' a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom 'is', She reviveth her possessors. Ecclesiastes 10:10 If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom 'is' advantageous to make right. Ecclesiastes 10:11 If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer. Isaiah 30:5 For they have all come with offerings to a people of no use to them, in whom is no help or profit, but only shame and a bad name. Daniel 11:17 He shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable conditions; and he shall perform them: and he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she shall not stand, neither be for him. Subtopics Related Terms Nevertheless (153 Occurrences) Treacherously (42 Occurrences) Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |
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