Strong's Concordance lusiteleó: to be advantageous, profitable Original Word: λυσιτελέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: lusiteleó Phonetic Spelling: (loo-sit-el-i') Short Definition: it profits Definition: it is advantageous to, it profits. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom luó (in the sense of paying expenses, etc.) and telos Definition to be advantageous, profitable NASB Translation better (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3081: λυσιτελέωλυσιτελέω, λυσιτέλω; (from λυσιτελής, and this from λύω to pay, and τά τέλη (cf. τέλος, 2)); (from Herodotus down); properly, to pay the taxes; to return expenses, hence, to be useful, advantageous; impersonally, λυσιτελεῖ, it profits; followed by ἤ (see ἤ, 3 f.), it is better: τίνι; followed by εἰ, Luke 17:2. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance it is better. Third person singular present indicative active of a derivative of a compound of lusis and telos; impersonally, it answers the purpose, i.e. Is advantageous -- it is better. see GREEK lusis see GREEK telos Forms and Transliterations λυσιτελει λυσιτελεί λυσιτελεῖ lusitelei lysitelei lysiteleîLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 30811 Occurrence λυσιτελεῖ — 1 Occ. Luke 17:2 V-PIA-3S GRK: λυσιτελεῖ αὐτῷ εἰ NAS: It would be better for him if KJV: It were better for him that INT: It is profitable for him if |