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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; 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:2 - Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:10 - Then he said, “Blessed are you of the LORD, my daughter! For you have shown more kindness at the end than at the beginning, in that you did not go after young men, whether poor or rich.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:10 - The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken in pieces;
From heaven He will thunder against them.
The LORD will judge the ends of the earth.

“He will give strength to His king,
And exalt the horn of His anointed.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:1 - Then the LORD sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him: “There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:2 - “The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 - “And a traveler came to the rich man, who refused to take from his own flock and from his own herd to prepare one for the wayfaring man who had come to him; but he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20 - “When the king’s decree which he will make is proclaimed throughout all his empire (for it is great), all wives will honor their husbands, both great and small.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:19 - The rich man will lie down,
But not be gathered up;[fn]
He opens his eyes,
And he is no more.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8 - He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
In the secret places he murders the innocent;
His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 - The young lions lack and suffer hunger;
But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:12 - And the daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
The rich among the people will seek your favor.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:2 - Both low and high,
Rich and poor together.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:15 - The rich man’s wealth is his strong city;
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 - The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor,
But the rich has many friends.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:11 - The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own esteem.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 - What is desired in a man is kindness,
And a poor man is better than a liar.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:2 - The rich and the poor have this in common,
The LORD is the maker of them all.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:7 - The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:16 - He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4 - Do not overwork to be rich;
Because of your own understanding, cease!
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:6 - Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:11 - The rich man is wise in his own eyes,
But the poor who has understanding searches him out.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:6 - Folly is set in great dignity,
While the rich sit in a lowly place.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Do not curse the king, even in your thought;
Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom;
For a bird of the air may carry your voice,
And a bird in flight may tell the matter.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14 - Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself
And opened its mouth beyond measure;
Their glory and their multitude and their pomp,
And he who is jubilant, shall descend into it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:9 - Rise up, you women who are at ease,
Hear my voice;
You complacent daughters,
Give ear to my speech.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:13 - On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers,
Yes, on all the happy homes in the joyous city;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet home,
A tabernacle that will not be taken down;
Not one of its stakes will ever be removed,
Nor will any of its cords be broken.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:9 - And they[fn] made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was any deceit in His mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:23 - Thus says the LORD:

“Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
Let not the mighty man glory in his might,
Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:1 - The LORD showed me, and there were two baskets of figs set before the temple of the LORD, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
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