Bible Dictionaries
Benefit

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments.

(2):

(n.) Beneficence; liberality.

(3):

(n.) A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use.

(4):

(v. i.) To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change.

(5):

(n.) An act of kindness; a favor conferred.

(6):

(v. t.) To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit.

(7):

(n.) Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Benefit'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/benefit.html. 1828.