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Strong's #3081 - λυσιτελεῖ

Transliteration
lysiteleî
Phonetics
loo-sit-el-i'
Origin
third person singular present indicative active of a derivative of a compound of (G3080) and (G5056)
Parts of Speech
Verb
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Definition   
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  1. to pay the taxes
  2. to return expenses
  3. to be useful, advantageous, it profits
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

λῡσῐτέλ-εια, ἡ,

advantage, profit, Thphr. ap. D.L. 5.54, D.S. 1.36, LXX 2 Maccabees 2:27, J. AJ 16.9.1; λ. περὶ τὸν χρόνον economy in respect of time, i.e. by postponement of payments until they fell due, Plb. 31.27.11; διὰ λυσιτέλειαν for the sake of economy, Dsc. 5.8. Rejected by the Atticists, Poll. 5.136, Moer. p.248 P., Phot.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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.


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** λυσιτελέω , -

(<λυσιτελής , useful, prop., τὰ τέλη λύων ),

[in LXX: Tobit 3:6, Sirach 20:10; Sirach 20:14; Sirach 29:11 *;]

1. prop., to indemnify, pay expenses.

2. to be useful, to profit; usually impers., λυσιτελεῖ , it profits: c, dat. pers., seq. εἰ . . . , Luke 17:2.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For the impersonal λυσιτελεῖ, as in Luke 17:2 (cf. Tobit 3:6), cf. P Hamb I. 27.17 (B.C. 250) ὥστε λυσιτελεῖ μισθώσασθαι ἢ χορτάσματα ζητεῖν.

The adj. is common—P Petr II. 13(6).7 (B.C. 258–3) ὅτι εἴη λυσιτελὴς ἡ ἐργολαβία (contract for work), ib. III. 41 verso.6 λυσιτελέστερον οὗν φαίνεται, P Par 62iv. 8 (c. B.C. 170) ἐὰν μὴ ἐπί τινων ἄλλο τι λυσιτελέστερον συγχωρηθῇ ἐπὶ τῆς πράσεως.

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
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λυσιτελει λυσιτελεί λυσιτελεῖ lusitelei lysitelei lysiteleî
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