adjective

alusitelem

Greekἀλυσιτελής (alusitelēs)

Strong’sG255

profitless, unprofitable

stem alusitel-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

unprofitable1×

What it means

* ἀ-λυσιτελής, -ές,

>(cf. λυσιτελέω),

unprofitable: He 13:17.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G255 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidal-oo-sit-el-ace'

gainless, i.e. (by implication) pernicious

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and the base of G3081;

King Jamesunprofitable.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	alusitelos	alusitelas	alusitelem1×ἀλυσιτελὲς	alusitelois	alusitelais	alusiteleim
object accusative	alusitelon	alusitelan		alusiteloin	alusitelain
direct address vocative	alusitelor	alusitelar		alusiteloir	alusitelair
of, belonging to genitive	alusitelou	alusitelau	alusiteleu	alusiteloiu	alusitelaiu	alusiteleiu
to, for dative	alusitelo	alusitela	alusitele	alusiteloi	alusitelai	alusitelei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

alusitelstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

alusitel is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

alusitelem“unprofitable”subject or objectdirect singular1×

Hebrews 13:17“unprofitable”Peithivōr toi hēgerōtoi vu kai hupeikavōr, autois gar agrupnalō huper taiu psuchaiu vu hōs logon apodōaritois, hina meta charau houtem poialeiō kai mē stenazarōtois, alusitelem gar vi houtem.Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.