Bible Dictionary
BENEFIT
A benefit is a good deed, gift, or advantage received from another. Scripture calls people to remember God’s benefits and recognizes benefits received through service and kindness.
Definition
A benefit is a good deed, gift, advantage, or favorable result received from another. The term may refer to a deed, doing good, a gift or grace, a good deed performed in service, or goodness.
Biblical Usage
Scripture calls people to remember God’s benefits. It also uses the term for a second benefit understood as another visit, for the good received through service, and for goodness.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>ben'-e-fit (gemul = "a deed," 2Ch 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" (2Co 1:15, "a second benefit": that is, two visits in the same journey). euergesia = "good deed done" (1Ti 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").</p><p>Frank E. Hirsch</p>