Strong’s G3081 · Greek
λυσιτελεῖ
lysiteleî · loo-sit-el-i'
Origin third person singular present indicative active of a derivative of a compound of λύσις (G3080) and τέλος (G5056);
Meaning impersonally, it answers the purpose, i.e. is advantageous
In the King James Version it is better.
In 1 verse of the King James Version
- Luke 17:2It 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.