Word Summary
alysitelēs: unprofitable
Original Word: ἀλυσιτελήςTransliteration: alysitelēs
Phonetic Spelling: (al-oo-sit-el-ace')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: unprofitable
Meaning: unprofitable
Strong's Concordance
unprofitable.
From a (as a negative particle) and the base of lusitelei; gainless, i.e. (by implication) pernicious -- unprofitable.
see GREEK a
see GREEK lusitelei
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 255: ἀλυσιτελήςἀλυσιτελής,
(ές (
λυσιτελής, see
λυσιτελέω),
unprofitable, (
Xenophon, vectig. 4, 6); by litotes,
hurtful, pernicious:
Hebrews 13:17. (From (
Hippocrates)
Xenophon down.)
STRONGS NT 255a: ἄλφαἄλφα, τό, indeclinable: Revelation 1:8; Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:13. See A.