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Lexicon :: Strong's G4147 - plouteō

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πλουτέω
Transliteration
plouteō (Key)
Pronunciation
ploo-teh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:318,873

Strong’s Definitions

πλουτέω ploutéō, ploo-teh'-o; from G4148; to be (or become) wealthy (literally or figuratively):—be increased with goods, (be made, wax) rich.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G4147 in the following manner: be rich (7x), be made rich (2x), rich (1x), wax rich (1x), be increased with goods (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G4147 in the following manner: be rich (7x), be made rich (2x), rich (1x), wax rich (1x), be increased with goods (1x).
  1. to be rich, to have abundance

    1. of outward possessions

  2. metaph. to be richly supplied

    1. is affluent in resources so that he can give blessings of salvation to all

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πλουτέω ploutéō, ploo-teh'-o; from G4148; to be (or become) wealthy (literally or figuratively):—be increased with goods, (be made, wax) rich.
STRONGS G4147:
πλουτέω, πλούτῳ; 1 aorist ἐπλούτησα; perfect πεπλούτηκα; (πλοῦτος); from Hesiod down; the Sept. sometimes for עָשַׁר;
a. to be rich, to have abundance: properly, of outward possessions, absolutely, Luke 1:53; 1 Timothy 6:9; 1 aorist I have been made rich, hate become rich, have gotten riches (on this use of the aorist see βασιλεύω, at the end), ἀπό τίνος, Revelation 18:15 (Sir. 11:18; (cf. ἀπό, II. 2 a.)); also ἐκ τίνος (see ἐκ, II. 5), Revelation 18:3, 19; ἐν τίνι (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 8 b. note; the Greeks say πλουτεῖν τίνος, or τίνι, or τί), 1 Timothy 6:18.
b. metaphorically, to be richly supplied: πλουτεῖν εἰς πάντας, is affluent in resources so that he can give the blessings of salvation unto all, Romans 10:12; πλουτεῖν εἰς Θεόν (see εἰς, B. II. 2 b. α.), Luke 12:21; aorist ἐπλούτησα, absolutely, I became rich, i. e. obtained the eternal spiritual possessions: 1 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Revelation 3:18; πεπλούτηκα, I have gotten riches, Revelation 3:17.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
1:53; 12:21
Romans
10:12
1 Corinthians
4:8
2 Corinthians
8:9
1 Timothy
1; 6:9; 6:18
Revelation
3:17; 3:18; 18:3; 18:15; 18:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4147 matches the Greek πλουτέω (plouteō),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:53 -

He has satisfied the hungry with good things

and sent the rich away empty.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:21 -

“That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:12 -

since there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, because the same Lord of all richly blesses all who call on him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:8 -

You are already full! You are already rich! You have begun to reign as kings without us ​— ​and I wish you did reign, so that we could also reign with you!

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:9 -

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:9 -

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:18 -

Instruct them to do what is good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and willing to share,

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:17 -

“For you say, ‘I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,’ and you don’t realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:18 -

“I advise you to buy from me gold refined in the fire so that you may be rich, white clothes so that you may be dressed and your shameful nakedness not be exposed, and ointment to spread on your eyes so that you may see.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:3 -

For all the nations have drunk[fn]

the wine of her sexual immorality,

which brings wrath.

The kings of the earth

have committed sexual immorality with her,

and the merchants of the earth

have grown wealthy from her sensuality and excess.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:15 -

The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, will stand far off in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:19 -

They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning,

Woe, woe, the great city,

where all those who have ships on the sea

became rich from her wealth;

for in a single hour she was destroyed.

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