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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)
mGNT
4x in 3 unique form(s) TR
4x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

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, 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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:10 - I did not at all mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the greedy G4123 and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:11 - But now I am writing to you not to associate [fn]with any so-called brother if he is a sexually immoral person, or greedy G4123, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler—not even to eat with such a one.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:10 - nor thieves, nor the greedy G4123, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:5 - For this you know with certainty, that no one sexually immoral or impure or greedy G4123, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
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