Benefit

BENEFIT [ISBE]

BENEFIT - ben'-e-fit (gemul = "a deed," 2 Ch 32:25); yaTabh = (causat.) "to make well," "to do good" (Jer 18:10). The plural of gemul, is found is found in Ps 103:2. Ps 68:19 (the King James Version) should be translated "Blessed be the Lord. Day by day he sustains us; God is our salvation." charis = "gift"; "grace" (2 Cor 1:15, "a second benefit": that is, two visits in the same journey). euergesia = "good deed done" (1 Tim 6:2: "because they that partake of the benefit (of their service) are believing and beloved"); agathos = "good" (Philemon 1:14, the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American) "goodness").

Frank E. Hirsch