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To profit

λυσιτελεῖStrong’s G3081

lusitelei

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Lusitelei is the Greek word usually translated “it is better”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.”
Luke 17:2 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “it is better”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • it is better 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    λυσιτελεῖ lusitelei · to profit

    λυσιτελέω, -ῶ (λυσιτελής, useful, prop., τὰ τέλη λύων), [in LXX: Tob.3:6, Sir.20:10, 14 29:11 * ;] 1. prop., to indemnify, pay expenses. 2. to be useful, to profit; usually impers., λυσιτελεῖ, it profits: with, dative of person(s), before εἰ . . . ἤ, Luk.17:2.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “profit” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    PROF'IT, noun

    [Latin profectus, proficio, to profit literally to proceed forward, to advance; pro and facio. The primary sense of facio is to urge or drive.

    1. In commerce, the advance in the price of goods sold beyond the cost of purchase.
    2. Any gain or pecuniary advantage; as an office of profit or honor.
    3. Any advantage; any accession of good from labor or exertion; an extensive signification, comprehending the acquisition of any thing valuable, corporeal or intellectual, temporal or spiritual.
    All definitions and other forms of “profit”

      PROF'IT, verb transitive

      1. To benefit; to advantage; applied to one's self, to derive some pecuniary interest or some accession of good from any thing; as, to profit one's self by a commercial undertaking, or by reading or instruction.“Brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you?” 1 Corinthians 14:6“Whereto might the strength of their hands profit me?” Job 30:2
      2. To improve; to advance.

      PROF'IT, verb intransitive

      To gain advantage in percuniary interest; as, to profit by trade or manufactures.

      1. To make improvement; to improve; to grow wiser or better; to advance in any thing useful; as, to profit by reading or by experience.
      2. To be of use or advantage; to bring good to.“Riches profit not in the day of wrath” Proverbs 11:4

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.