Strong's Concordance pleonektés: one desirous of having more Original Word: πλεονέκτης, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: pleonektés Phonetic Spelling: (pleh-on-ek'-tace) Definition: one desirous of having more Usage: a covetous or avaricious person; one desirous of having more. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 4123 pleonéktēs (a masculine noun derived from 4122 /pleonektéō, "to covet") – used of "a greedy, covetous, rapacious, person; a defrauder, trampling on the rights of others" (Souter). See 4124 (pleoneksia). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the cptv. of polus and echó Definition one desirous of having more NASB Translation covetous (3), covetous man (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4123: πλεονέκτηςπλεονέκτης, 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: 1 Corinthians 5:10, 11; 1 Corinthians 6:10; Ephesians 5:5; Sir. 14:9. From pleion and echo; holding (desiring) more, i.e. Eager for gain (avaricious, hence a defrauder) -- covetous. see GREEK pleion see GREEK echo Englishman's Concordance 1 Corinthians 5:10 N-DMPGRK: ἢ τοῖς πλεονέκταις καὶ ἅρπαξιν NAS: or with the covetous and swindlers, KJV: or with the covetous, or INT: or with the covetous and swindlers 1 Corinthians 5:11 N-NMS 1 Corinthians 6:10 N-NMP Ephesians 5:5 N-NMS Strong's Greek 4123 |
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