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Lexicon :: Strong's G4122 - pleonekteō

Aa
πλεονεκτέω
Transliteration
pleonekteō (Key)
Pronunciation
pleh-on-cek-teh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:266,864

Strong’s Definitions

πλεονεκτέω pleonektéō, pleh-on-cek-teh'-o; from G4123; to be covetous, i.e. (by implication) to over-reach:—get an advantage, defraud, make a gain.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G4122 in the following manner: make a gain (2x), defraud (2x), get an advantage (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G4122 in the following manner: make a gain (2x), defraud (2x), get an advantage (1x).

  1. to have more, or a greater part or share

    1. to be superior, excel, surpass, have an advantage over

  2. to gain or take advantage of another, to overreach

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πλεονεκτέω pleonektéō, pleh-on-cek-teh'-o; from G4123; to be covetous, i.e. (by implication) to over-reach:—get an advantage, defraud, make a gain.
STRONGS G4122:
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 2 Corinthians 7:2; 2 Corinthians 12:17, 18; 1 Thessalonians 4:6 (see πρᾶγμα, b.); passive (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 22) ὑπό τίνος, 2 Corinthians 2:11(10).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Corinthians
2:11; 7:2; 12:17; 12:18
1 Thessalonians
4:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4122 matches the Greek πλεονεκτέω (pleonekteō),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:11 - so G2443 that no G3361 advantage G4122 would be taken G4122 of us by Satan, G4567 for we are not ignorant G50 of his schemes. G3540

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:2 - Make G5562 room G5562 for us in your hearts; we wronged G91 no G3762 one, G3762 we corrupted G5351 no G3762 one, G3762 we took G4122 advantage G4122 of no G3762 one. G3762

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:17 - Certainly I have not taken G4122 advantage G4122 of you through G1223 any G5100 of those whom G3739 I have sent G649 to you, have I?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:18 - I urged G3870 Titus G5103 to go, and I sent G4882 the brother G80 with him. Titus G5103 did not take G4122 any G4122 advantage G4122 of you, did he? Did we not [fn]conduct G4043 ourselves G4043 [fn]in the same G846 spirit G4151 and walk in the same G846 steps? G2487

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:6 - and that no G3361 man transgress G5233 and defraud G4122 his brother G80 in the matter G4229 because G1360 the Lord G2962 is the avenger G1558 in all G3956 these G3778 things, G3778 just G2531 as we also G2532 told G4280 you before G4280 and solemnly G1263 warned G1263 you.
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