ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΩΝ, λυσιτελων
LYSITELŌN, lysitelōn
Sounds Like: loo-see-teh-LOHN
Translations: profitable, advantageous, useful, beneficial, a profitable thing, an advantageous thing
From the root: ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle derived from the verb 'λυσιτελέω' (lysiteléō), meaning 'to pay what is due, to be profitable, to be advantageous'. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing something that is profitable or beneficial. It can be used to describe actions, situations, or things that bring advantage or gain.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter, Present, Active
Strong’s number: G3087 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 5:16
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΕΙ — it is profitable, it is advantageous, it is expedient, it is useful
- ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΕΙΝ — to be profitable, to be advantageous, to be useful, to be expedient
- ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΗΣΕΙ — it will be profitable, it will be advantageous, it will be useful, it will be expedient
- ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΟΥΝΤΟΣ — profitable, advantageous, useful, of advantage, of profit, of use
- ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΟΥΣ — it is profitable, it is advantageous, it is expedient, it is useful
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