Strong's Lexicon
G4123 — πλεονέκτης
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4123 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πλεονέκτης |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G4119 and G2192 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | pleonektes |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pleh-on-ek'-tace |
| Meaning: | 1. holding (desiring) more, i.e. eager for gain (avaricious, hence a defrauder) |
| KJV Renderings: | covetous |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πλεονέκτης, πλεονέκτου, ὁ (πλέον and ἔχω);
1. one eager to have more, especially what belongs to others ((Thucydides 1, 40, 1 (cf. Herodotus 7, 158)); Xenophon, mem. 1, 5, 3);
2. greedy of gain, covetous: 1Co 5:10-11; 1Co 6:10; Eph 5:5; Sir 14:9.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πλεονέκτης (covetous)
1 Corinthians 5:10
- KJV: Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world or with the covetous or extortioners or with idolaters for then must ye needs go out of the world
- GK: και ου πάντως τοις πόρνοις του κόσμου τούτου η τοις πλεονέκταις η άρπαξιν η ειδωλολάτραις επεί οφείλετε άρα εκ του κόσμου εξελθείν
1 Corinthians 5:11
- KJV: But now I have written unto you not to keep company if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator or covetous or an idolater or a railer or a drunkard or an extortioner with such an one no not to eat
- GK: νυνί δε έγραψα υμίν μη συναναμίγνυσθαι εάν τις αδελφός ονομαζόμενος η πόρνος η πλεονέκτης η ειδωλολάτρης η λοίδορος η μέθυσος η άρπαξ τω τοιούτω μηδέ συνεσθίειν
1 Corinthians 6:10
- KJV: Nor thieves nor covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God
- GK: ούτε κλέπται ούτε πλεονέκται ούτε μέθυσοι ου λοίδοροι ουχ άρπαγες βασιλείαν θεού κληρονομήσουσιν
Ephesians 5:5
- KJV: For this ye know that no whoremonger nor unclean person nor covetous man who is an idolater hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God
- GK: τούτο γαρ εστε γινώσκοντες ότι πας πόρνος η ακάθαρτος η πλεονέκτης ος εστιν ειδωλολάτρης ουκ έχει κληρονομίαν εν τη βασιλεία του χριστού και θεού
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