Strong's Concordance pleonektés: one desirous of having more Original Word: πλεονέκτης, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: pleonektés Phonetic Spelling: (pleh-on-ek'-tace) Short Definition: a covetous person Definition: a covetous or avaricious person; one desirous of having more. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 4123 pleonéktēs (a masculine noun derived from 4122 /pleonektéō, "to covet") – used of "a greedy, covetous, rapacious, person; a defrauder, trampling on the rights of others" (Souter). See 4124 (pleoneksia). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4123: πλεονέκτηςπλεονέκτης, 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. From pleion and echo; holding (desiring) more, i.e. Eager for gain (avaricious, hence a defrauder) -- covetous. see GREEK pleion see GREEK echo Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 41234 Occurrences πλεονέκται — 1 Occ. πλεονέκταις — 1 Occ. πλεονέκτης — 2 Occ. 1 Corinthians 5:10 N-DMP GRK: ἢ τοῖς πλεονέκταις καὶ ἅρπαξιν NAS: or with the covetous and swindlers, KJV: or with the covetous, or INT: or with the covetous and swindlers 1 Corinthians 5:11 N-NMS 1 Corinthians 6:10 N-NMP Ephesians 5:5 N-NMS |
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