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Lexicon :: Strong's G4124 - pleonexia

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πλεονεξία
Transliteration
pleonexia (Key)
Pronunciation
pleh-on-ex-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:266,864

Trench's Synonyms: xxiv. πλεονεξία, φιλαργυρία.

Strong’s Definitions

πλεονεξία pleonexía, pleh-on-ex-ee'-ah; from G4123; avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion:—covetous(-ness) practices, greediness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G4124 in the following manner: covetousness (8x), greediness (1x), covetous practice (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G4124 in the following manner: covetousness (8x), greediness (1x), covetous practice (1x).

  1. greedy desire to have more, covetousness, avarice

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πλεονεξία pleonexía, pleh-on-ex-ee'-ah; from G4123; avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion:—covetous(-ness) practices, greediness.
STRONGS G4124:
πλεονεξία, πλεονεξίας, ἡ (πλεονέκτης, which see), greedy desire to have more, covetousness, avarice: Luke 12:15; Romans 1:29; Ephesians 4:19; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; 2 Peter 2:3 (on the omission of the article in the last two passages, cf. Winer's Grammar, 120 (114)), 14; ὡς (Rec. ὥσπερ) πλεονεξίαν (as a matter of covetousness), i. e. a gift which betrays the giver's covetousness, 2 Corinthians 9:5 (here R. V. text extortion); plural various modes in which covetousness shows itself, covetings (cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; Buttmann, 77 (67)), Mark 7:22. (In the same and various other senses by secular writings from Herodotus and Thucydides down.) (Trench, N. T. Synonyms, § xxiv., and (in partial correction) Lightfoot's Commentary on Colossians 3:5.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
7:22
Luke
12:15
Romans
1:29
2 Corinthians
9:5
Ephesians
4:19; 5:3
Colossians
3:5; 3:5
1 Thessalonians
2:5
2 Peter
2:3

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Strong's Number G4124 matches the Greek πλεονεξία (pleonexia),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:22 - coveting G4124, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, [fn]envy, slander, [fn]pride, and foolishness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:15 - Then He said to them, “Watch out and be on your guard against every form of greed G4124, for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:29 - having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed G4124, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:5 - So I regarded it necessary to encourage the brothers that they would go on ahead to you and arrange beforehand your previously promised blessing, so that the same would be ready as a blessing and not as a [fn]begrudging obligation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:19 - And they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality [fn]for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness G4124.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:3 -

But sexual immorality [fn]or any impurity or greed G4124 must not even be named among you, as is proper among [fn]saints;

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:5 -

Therefore, [fn]consider the members of your earthly body as dead to sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed G4124, which is idolatry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:5 - For we never came with a flattering word, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed G4124—God is witness—

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:3 - And in their greed G4124 they will exploit you with false words, their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:14 - having eyes full of adultery and unceasing sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed G4124—they are accursed children.
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