Lexical Summary alysitelēs: unprofitable Original Word: ἀλυσιτελήςTransliteration: alysitelēs Phonetic Spelling: (al-oo-sit-el-ace') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: unprofitable Meaning: unprofitable Strong's Concordance unprofitable. From a (as a negative particle) and the base of lusitelei; gainless, i.e. (by implication) pernicious -- unprofitable. see GREEK a see GREEK lusitelei Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 255: ἀλυσιτελήςἀλυσιτελής, (ές (λυσιτελής, see λυσιτελέω), unprofitable, (Xenophon, vectig. 4, 6); by litotes, hurtful, pernicious: Hebrews 13:17. (From (Hippocrates) Xenophon down.) STRONGS NT 255a: ἄλφαἄλφα, τό, indeclinable: Revelation 1:8; Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:13. See A. |
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