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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

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

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to pay the taxes
to return expenses
to be useful, advantageous, it profits

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Luke 1

BSB (1)

Luke 1

CSB (1)

Luke 1

ESV (1)

Luke 1

KJV (1)

Luke 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

Luke 1

N95 (1)

Luke 1

NAS (1)

Luke 1

NLT (0)

The New Living Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Luke 1

YLT (1)

Luke 1

ASV (1)

it were well 1

BSB (1)

it would be better 1

CSB (1)

better 1

ESV (1)

better 1

KJV (1)

better 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

better 1

N95 (1)

better 1

NAS (1)

better 1

NLT (0)

The New Living Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

it would be better 1

YLT (1)

it is more profitable 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-PAI-3S 1

ANT

V-PAI-3S 1

BEZ

V-PAI-3S 1

BGB

V-PAI-3S 1

BMT

V-PAI-3S 1

BYZ

V-PAI-3S 1

ELZ

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

NA26

V-3PAIS 1

SBL

V-PAI-3S 1

SCV

V-PAI-3S 1

STV

V-PAI-3S 1

TIS

V-PAI-3S 1

TRG

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

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 ἤ (see ἤ, 3 f.), it is better: τίνι; followed by εἰ, Luke 17:2.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** λυσιτελέω , -ῶ

(<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 . . . ἤ , 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.

List of Word Forms

λυσιτελει λυσιτελεί λυσιτελεῖ lusitelei lysitelei lysiteleî