verb
lusiteleiamō
Strong’sG3081
it profits
stem lusitelei-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** λυσιτελέω, -ῶ
(< λυσιτελής, useful, prop., τὰ τέλη λύων), [in LXX: To 3:6, Si 20:10, 14 29:11*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3081 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidloo-sit-el-i'
impersonally, it answers the purpose, i.e. is advantageous
Fromthird person singular present indicative active of a derivative of a compound of G3080 and G5056;
King Jamesit is better.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
properly indemnify for expenses incurred, or pay what is due, and then 'pay', i.e. profit, avail (compare λύω see 2), with dative,
I with subject expressed, οὔ φημ᾽ ἂν λυσιτελεῖν σφῷν [τοῦτο] Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2 mostly impersonal, λυσιτελεῖ μοι it profits me, is better for me, with participle, οἷς οὐδ᾽ ἅπαξ ἐλυσιτέλησε πειθομένοις Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, λ. προϊέναι Refs; τεθνάναι νομίσασα λυσιτελεῖν ἢ ζῆν thinking it better to be dead than alive, Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.: with dative person, it profits one to do so and so, οὐ γάρ οἱ λυσιτελέειν.. δικάζειν Refs 5th c.BC+: sometimes with accusative person, it is good that.., λυσιτελεῖ τὸν μέλλοντα κακῶς ἰητρεύεσθαι ἀμφότερα καταγῆναι τὰ σκέλεα Refs 5th c.BC+
I.3 in bad sense, conspire, as gloss on{ἐς τὸ κακὸν ἀλλήλοισι συντιμωρεῖ} Refs 5th c.BC+
II neuter participle as substantive, τὸ λυσιτελοῦν profit, gain, advantage, Refs 5th c.BC+; a wrong etymology is given in Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| lusiteleiatōλυσιτελεῖ | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | it would be better | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | lusiteleiamō | lusiteleiame | lusiteleiami | lusiteleiama | lusiteleiamē | lusiteleiamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | lusiteleiasō | lusiteleiase | lusiteleiasi | lusiteleiasa | lusiteleiasē | lusiteleiaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | lusiteleiatō1×λυσιτελεῖ | lusiteleiate | lusiteleiati | lusiteleiata | lusiteleiatē | lusiteleiatelē |
| we 1st person plural | lusiteleianō | lusiteleiane | lusiteleiani | lusiteleiana | lusiteleianē | lusiteleianelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | lusiteleiavō | lusiteleiave | lusiteleiavi | lusiteleiava | lusiteleiavē | lusiteleiavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | lusiteleialō | lusiteleiale | lusiteleiali | lusiteleiala | lusiteleialē | lusiteleialelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | lusiteleiameiō | lusiteleiameia | lusiteleiameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | lusiteleiaseiō | lusiteleiaseia | lusiteleiaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | lusiteleiateiō | lusiteleiateia | lusiteleiateiē |
| we 1st person plural | lusiteleianeiō | lusiteleianeia | lusiteleianeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | lusiteleiaveiō | lusiteleiaveia | lusiteleiaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | lusiteleialeiō | lusiteleialeia | lusiteleialeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | lusiteleiasōr | lusiteleiasar | lusiteleiasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | lusiteleiatōr | lusiteleiatar | lusiteleiatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | lusiteleiavōr | lusiteleiavar | lusiteleiavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | lusiteleialōr | lusiteleialar | lusiteleialēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | lusiteleiamoiō | lusiteleiamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | lusiteleiasoiō | lusiteleiasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | lusiteleiatoiō | lusiteleiatoia |
| we 1st person plural | lusiteleianoiō | lusiteleianoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | lusiteleiavoiō | lusiteleiavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | lusiteleialoiō | lusiteleialoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | lusiteleiarō | lusiteleiari | lusiteleiara | lusiteleiarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | lusiteleiarōntos | lusiteleiarintos | lusiteleiarantos | lusiteleiarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
lusitelei 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
lusiteleiatō“it would be better”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Luke 17:2lusiteleiatō auto ei lithos mulikos perikeiotō peri …It would be better for him to have a millstone …