Definition

to bear together (contribute), i.e. (literally) to collect, or (figuratively) to conduce; especially (neuter participle as a noun) advantage

Etymology

from G4862 (σύν) and G5342 (φέρω) (including its alternate);

Word family

• σύν sýn
• φέρω phérō

How the KJV renders it

• be better for
• bring together
• be expedient (for)
• be good
• (be) profit(-able for)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.