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Lexicon :: Strong's G4145 - plousios

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πλούσιος
Transliteration
plousios (Key)
Pronunciation
ploo'-see-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:318,873

Strong’s Definitions

πλούσιος ploúsios, ploo'-see-os; from G4149; wealthy; figuratively, abounding with:—rich.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's G4145 in the following manner: rich (28x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's G4145 in the following manner: rich (28x).

  1. wealthy, abounding in material resources

  2. metaph. abounding, abundantly supplied

    1. abounding (rich) in Christian virtues and eternal possessions

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πλούσιος ploúsios, ploo'-see-os; from G4149; wealthy; figuratively, abounding with:—rich.
STRONGS G4145:
πλούσιος, πλουσία, πλούσιον (πλοῦτος), from Hesiod, Works, 22 down, the Sept. for עָשִׁיר, rich;
a. properly, wealthy, abounding in material resources: Matthew 27:57; Luke 12:16; Luke 14:12; Luke 16:1, 19; Luke 18:23; Luke 19:2; ὁ πλούσιος, substantively, Luke 16:21, 22; James 1:10, 11; οἱ πλούσιοι, Luke 6:24; Luke 21:1; 1 Timothy 6:17; James 2:6; James 5:1; Revelation 6:15; Revelation 13:16; πλούσιος, without the article, a rich man, Matthew 19:23, 24; Mark 10:25; Mark 12:41; Luke 18:25.
b. metaphorically and universally, abounding, abundantly supplied: followed by ἐν with a dative of the thing in which one abounds (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 8 b. note), ἐν ἐληι, Ephesians 2:4; ἐν πίστει, James 2:5; absolutely, abounding (rich) in Christian virtues and eternal possessions, Revelation 2:9; Revelation 3:17, on which see Düsterdieck. ἐπτώχευσε πλούσιος ὤν, of Christ, 'although as the ἄσαρκος λόγος he formerly abounded in the riches of a heavenly condition, by assuming human nature he entered into a state of (earthly) poverty,' 2 Corinthians 8:9.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
19:23; 19:24; 27:57
Mark
10:25; 12:41
Luke
6:24; 12:16; 14:12; 16:1; 16:19; 16:21; 16:22; 18:23; 18:25; 19:2; 21:1
2 Corinthians
8:9
Ephesians
2:4
1 Timothy
6:17
James
1:10; 1:11; 2:5; 2:6; 5:1
Revelation
2:9; 3:17; 6:15; 13:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4145 matches the Greek πλούσιος (plousios),
which occurs 31 times in 31 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:2 - Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:10 - “The LORD bless you, my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 - those who oppose the LORD will be broken. The Most High will thunder from heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth. “He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:1 - The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:2 - The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 - “Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20 - Then when the king’s edict is proclaimed throughout all his vast realm, all the women will respect their husbands, from the least to the greatest.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:19 - He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8 - He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for his victims;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 - The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:12 - The city of Tyre will come with a gift,[fn] people of wealth will seek your favor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:2 - both low and high, rich and poor alike:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:15 - The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 - The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:11 - The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 - What a person desires is unfailing love[fn]; better to be poor than a liar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:2 - Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:7 - The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:16 - One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4 - Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:6 - Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:11 - The rich are wise in their own eyes; one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:6 - Fools are put in many high positions, while the rich occupy the low ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird in the sky may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14 - Therefore Death expands its jaws, opening wide its mouth; into it will descend their nobles and masses with all their brawlers and revelers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:9 - You women who are so complacent, rise up and listen to me; you daughters who feel secure, hear what I have to say!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:13 - and for the land of my people, a land overgrown with thorns and briers— yes, mourn for all houses of merriment and for this city of revelry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:9 - He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:23 - This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:1 - After Jehoiachin[fn] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the skilled workers and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.
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