Hebrews 13:17:25Heb.13.17.W25TAB
ἀλυσιτελὲς
alysiteles
“unprofitable”
- Transliteration
- a-ly-si-te-LES
- Extended
- ah-ly-si-teh-LEHS
- IPA
- /a.ly.si.teˈles/
Meaning by language
- English
- unprofitable
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
a-ly-si-te-LES
- sentence
PEI-the-ste tois hê-gou-ME-nois hy-MÔN kai hy-PEI-ke-te au-TOI gar a-gryp-NOU-sin hy-PER tôn psy-KHÔN hy-MÔN hôs LO-gon a-po-DÔ-son-tes HI-na me-TA kha-RAS TOU-to poi-Ô-sin kai mê ste-NA-dzon-tes a-ly-si-te-LES gar hy-MIN TOU-to
Exegesis
Finally, the nominal clause alysiteles gar hymin touto {ἀλυσιτελὲς γὰρ ὑμῖν τοῦτο | alysitelès gár hymîn toûto} declares that such reluctance would be ‘unprofitable for you’, anchoring the exhortation in the readers’ own best interest.
In context — Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and yield to them, for they themselves keep watch over your souls as those who will render an account , so that they may do this with joy and not with groaning; for this would be unprofitable for you.
About this coordinate
Hebrews 13:17:25 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 25 of Hebrews 13:17, so the Greek word ἀλυσιτελὲς (alysiteles) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Heb.13.17.W25, which extends further down to each syllable (Heb.13.17.W25.S1) and character.