Lexical Summary lysiteleō: to be advantageous, profitable Original Word: λυσιτελέωTransliteration: lysiteleō Phonetic Spelling: (loo-sit-el-i') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to be advantageous, profitable Meaning: to be advantageous, profitable Strong's 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 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. |