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Koine Greek wordlink #146312

SR GNT Heb 13:17 ἀλυσιτελές (alusiteles) ‘and not groaning unprofitable for for you_all this would_be’ Strongs=2550 Lemma=alusitelēs^*
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=64 AD

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Only use of identical word form ἀλυσιτελές (S-NNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀλυσιτελές’ (S-NNS) is always and only glossed as ‘unprofitable’.

Heb 13:17 ‘and not groaning unprofitable for for you_all this would_be’ SR GNT Heb 13:17 word 29

OET-LV: 17 Be _being _persuaded by _the ones leading of _you _all, and be _yielding, because/for they are _watching for the souls of _you _all, as an_account going _to _give _back, in _order _that with joy this they _may _be _doing, and not groaning, because/for unprofitable for _you _all this would _be. (HEB_13:17)

OET-RV: 17 Your leaders keep watch over your spiritual lives, knowing that they will have to give account to God for you, so obey them and yield to them so that they can fulfil their ministry cheerfully and without groaning, because that wouldn’t help you all either. (HEB 13:17)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘alusitelēs’ in the Greek originals.

Greek words (2) other than ἀλυσιτελές (S-NNS) with a gloss related to ‘unprofitable’

TIT 3:9 ἀνωφελεῖς (anōfeleis) S-NFP Lemma=anōfelēs ‘be avoiding they are for unprofitable and useless’ SR GNT Tit 3:9 word 15

OET-LV: 9 But be _avoiding foolish debates, and genealogies, and strifes, and legal quarrels, they _are for unprofitable and useless. (TIT_3:9)

OET-RV: 9 But avoid foolish debates, arguments about ancestry, other strife, and quarrels about God’s commands because they all achieve nothing and waste time. (TIT 3:9)

HEB 7:18 ἀνωφελές (anōfeles) S-ANS Lemma=anōfelēs ‘of it weak and unprofitable’ SR GNT Heb 7:18 word 12

OET-LV: 18 An_annulment for on _one _hand is _becoming of _going _before the_command, because _of the of _it weak and unprofitable, (HEB_7:18)

OET-RV: 18 In the first case, the command is annulled because it’s weak and unprofitable (HEB 7:18)

Key: S=substantive adjective ANS=accusative,neuter,singular NFP=nominative,feminine,plural NNS=nominative,neuter,singular