3081. lusiteleó
Strong's Concordance
lusiteleó: to be advantageous, profitable
Original Word: λυσιτελέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: lusiteleó
Phonetic Spelling: (loo-sit-el-i')
Short Definition: it profits
Definition: it is advantageous to, it profits.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3081: λυσιτελέω

λυσιτελέω, 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 (see , 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 lysiteleî
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Strong's Greek 3081
1 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

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