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Lexicon :: Strong's G4123 - pleonektēs

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πλεονέκτης
Transliteration
pleonektēs (Key)
Pronunciation
pleh-on-ek'-tace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:266,864

Strong’s Definitions

πλεονέκτης pleonéktēs, pleh-on-ek'-tace; from G4119 and G2192; holding (desiring) more, i.e. eager for gain (avaricious, hence a defrauder):—covetous.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G4123 in the following manner: covetous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G4123 in the following manner: covetous (4x).
  1. one eager to have more, esp. what belongs to others

  2. greedy of gain, covetous

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πλεονέκτης pleonéktēs, pleh-on-ek'-tace; from G4119 and G2192; holding (desiring) more, i.e. eager for gain (avaricious, hence a defrauder):—covetous.
STRONGS G4123:
πλεονέκτης, πλεονέκτου, (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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Corinthians
5:10; 5:11; 6:10
Ephesians
5:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4123 matches the Greek πλεονέκτης (pleonektēs),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:10 - Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:11 - But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:10 - nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:5 - For this you know,[fn] that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
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