Meaning profit or advantage, this word appears in searching rhetorical questions about genuine benefit. Paul asks, 'What profit is there if the dead are not raised?' (1 Cor 15:32). James twice challenges readers about empty faith: 'What profit is it if someone claims faith but has no works?' (Jas 2:14, 16). The term probes beyond surface appearances to ask what truly helps or benefits. Originally denoting furtherance or help in classical Greek, it carries a sense of practical, tangible advantage.