Strong's Lexicon
G4122 — πλεονεκτέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4122 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πλεονεκτέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4123 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | pleonekteo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pleh-on-ek-teh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to be covetous 2. (by implication) to over-reach |
| KJV Renderings: | get an advantage, defraud, make a gain |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πλεονεκτέω, πλεονέκτω; 1 aorist ἐπλεονέκτησα; 1 aorist passive subjunctive 1 person plural πλεονεκτηθῶμεν; (πλεονέκτης);
1. intransitive, to have more, or a greater part or share: Thucydides, Xenophon, Plutarch, others; to be superior, excel, surpass, have an advantage over, τίνος (genitive of person) τίνι (the dative of thing): Xenophon, Plato, Isocrates, Demosthenes, others.
2. transitive, to gain or take advantage of another, to overreach: (Herodotus 8, 112), Plato, Diodorus, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Dio Cassius, others; and so in the N. T. in 2Co 7:2; 2Co 12:17-18; 1Th 4:6 (see πρᾶγμα, b.); passive (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 22) ὑπό τίνος, 2Co 2:11(10).
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
πλεονεκτέω (get an advantage)
2 Corinthians 2:11
- KJV: Lest Satan should get an advantage of for we are not ignorant of his devices
- GK: ίνα μη πλεονεκτηθώμεν υπό του σατανά ου γαρ αυτού τα νοήματα αγνοούμεν
2 Corinthians 7:2
- KJV: Receive us we have wronged no man we have corrupted no man we have defrauded no man
- GK: χωρήσατε ημάς ουδένα ηδικήσαμεν ουδένα εφθείραμεν ουδένα επλεονεκτήσαμεν
2 Corinthians 12:17
- KJV: Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you
- GK: μη τινα ων απέσταλκα προς υμάς δι΄ αυτού επλεονέκτησα υμάς
2 Corinthians 12:18
- KJV: I desired Titus and with I sent a brother Did Titus make a gain of you walked we not in the same spirit not in the same steps
- GK: παρεκάλεσα Τίτον και συναπέστειλα τον αδελφόν μη επλεονέκτησεν υμάς Τίτος ου τω αυτώ πνεύματι περιεπατήσαμεν ου τοις αυτοίς ίχνεσι
1 Thessalonians 4:6
- KJV: That no go beyond and defraud his brother in matter because that the Lord the avenger of all such as we also have forewarned you and testified
- GK: το μη υπερβαίνειν και πλεονεκτείν εν τω πράγματι τον αδελφόν αυτού διότι έκδικος ο κύριος περί πάντων τούτων καθώς και προείπαμεν υμίν και διεμαρτυράμεθα
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