be profitable
sumphero describes what is advantageous or beneficial in a given situation, and once the bringing together of books.
The prevailing use marks what is advantageous or beneficial for a person or group, whether assessing conduct, instruction, discipline, or a proposed outcome. One aorist participle occurs in the account of people bringing books together before burning them.
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Advantage or benefit in a situation · dominant
The present forms assess whether a course or result is beneficial: in 1 Corinthians 10:23 the APB renders the contrast that not all permitted things are "profitable" or build up, while in Matthew 5:29 it renders the comparison between losing one member and the whole body being thrown into Gehenna. In John 11:50 the clause weighs one man dying for the people against the nation perishing; Acts 20:20 describes declaring what was beneficial.
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Bringing items together · rare
In Acts 19:19, the aorist active nominative plural masculine participle occurs as those who practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them before all.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the benefit-assessment clauses, the APB uses "profitable," "expedient," "better," "for our good," and "best." In Acts 19:19 it instead renders the action as people who "brought their books together"; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.