Dictionary entry

λυσιτελέω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** λυσιτελέω, -ῶ

(< λυσιτελής, useful, prop., τὰ τέλη λύων), [in LXX: To 3:6, Si 20:10, 14 29:11*;]

1. prop., to indemnify, payexpenses.

2. to be useful, to profit; usually impers., λυσιτελεῖ, it profits: c, dat. pers., seq. εἰ... ἤ, Lk 17:2.†