'Means' in the Bible

Now if I live on in the flesh, this means fruitful work for me; and I don’t know which one I should choose.

I want to know the Messiah what his resurrection power is like and what it means to share in his sufferings by becoming like him in his death,

If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

who will transform these humble bodies of ours into the likeness of his glorious body by means of that power by which he is able to subject all things to himself.

I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.