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Benefit
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BEN'EFIT, n. Primarily from L. beneficium, or benefactum.
1. An act of kindness a favor conferred.
Bless the Lord,O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Psalms 103
2. Advantage profit a word of extensive use, and expressing whatever contributes to promote prosperity and personal happiness, or add value to property.
Men have no right to what is not for their benefit.
3. In law, benefit of clergy. See Clergy.
BEN'EFIT, To do good to to advantage to advance in health, or prosperity applied either to persons or things as, exercise benefits health trade benefits a nation.
BEN'EFIT, To gain advantage to make improvement as, he has benefited by good advice that is, he has been benefited.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Benefit'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/b/benefit.html.
Entry for 'Benefit'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/b/benefit.html.
