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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 TR Greek.

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“HE HAS FILLED THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS,

And sent away the rich G4147 empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:21 - “So is the one who stores up treasure for himself, and is G4147 not rich G4147 toward God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:12 - For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding G4147 in G4147 riches G4147 for all who call on Him,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:8 -

You are already filled, you have already become G4147 rich G4147, you have ruled without us—and how I wish that you had ruled indeed so that we also might rule with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:9 - For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though being rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become G4147 rich G4147.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:9 - But those who want to get G4147 rich G4147 fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:18 - Command them to do good, to be G4147 rich G4147 in good [fn]works, to be generous and ready to share,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:17 - ‘Because you say, “I am rich, and have become G4147 wealthy G4147, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:18 - I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become G4147 rich G4147, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be manifested; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:3 - “For all the nations [fn]have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become G4147 rich G4147 by the power of her [fn]sensuality.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:15 - “The merchants of these things, who became G4147 rich G4147 from her, will stand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, crying and mourning,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:19 - “And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, crying and mourning, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who have ships at sea became G4147 rich G4147 by her [fn]wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!’
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