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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 not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then you would have to leave the world.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:11 - But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner. Don't even eat with such a person.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:10 - nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:5 - Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Messiah and God.
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