◄ 4124. pleonexia ►
Strong's Concordance pleonexia: advantage, covetousness Original Word: πλεονεξία, ας, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: pleonexia Phonetic Spelling: (pleh-on-ex-ee'-ah) Short Definition: covetousness, avarice Definition: covetousness, avarice, aggression, desire for advantage. HELPS Word-studies 4124 pleoneksía (a feminine noun derived from 4119 /pleíōn, "numerically more" and 2192 /éxō, "have") – properly, the desire for more (things), i.e. lusting for a greater number of temporal things that go beyond what God determines is eternally best (beyond His preferred-will, cf. 2307 /thélēma); covetousness (coveting). 4124 /pleoneksía (a feminine noun) points to a brand of covetousness, defined by the context. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4124: πλεονεξία 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.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance covetousness, greediness. From pleonektes; avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion -- covetous(-ness) practices, greediness. see GREEK pleonektes Forms and Transliterations πλεονεξια πλεονεξία πλεονεξίᾳ πλεονεξιαι πλεονεξίαι πλεονεξιαν πλεονεξίαν πλεονεξιας πλεονεξίας pleonexia pleonexía pleonexiai pleonexíai pleonexíāi pleonexian pleonexían pleonexias pleonexías Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 4124 10 Occurrences πλεονεξίᾳ — 4 Occ. πλεονεξίαι — 1 Occ. πλεονεξίαν — 2 Occ. πλεονεξίας — 3 Occ. Mark 7:22 N-NFP GRK: πλεονεξίαι πονηρίαι δόλος NAS: deeds of coveting [and] wickedness, KJV: Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, INT: covetous desires wickednesses deceit Luke 12:15 N-GFS GRK: ἀπὸ πάσης πλεονεξίας ὅτι οὐκ NAS: every form of greed; for not [even] when KJV: beware of covetousness: for a man's INT: from all covetousness for not Romans 1:29 N-DFS GRK: ἀδικίᾳ πονηρίᾳ πλεονεξίᾳ κακίᾳ μεστοὺς NAS: wickedness, greed, evil; KJV: wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; INT: unrighteousness wickedness covetousness malice full 2 Corinthians 9:5 N-AFS GRK: μὴ ὡς πλεονεξίαν NAS: and not affected by covetousness. KJV: not as [of] covetousness. INT: not as [of] covetousness Ephesians 4:19 N-DFS GRK: πάσης ἐν πλεονεξίᾳ NAS: of impurity with greediness. KJV: uncleanness with greediness. INT: all with craving Ephesians 5:3 N-NFS GRK: πᾶσα ἢ πλεονεξία μηδὲ ὀνομαζέσθω NAS: or greed must not even KJV: or covetousness, let it INT: all or covetousness not even let it be named Colossians 3:5 N-AFS GRK: καὶ τὴν πλεονεξίαν ἥτις ἐστὶν NAS: evil desire, and greed, which amounts KJV: and covetousness, which INT: and covetousness which is 1 Thessalonians 2:5 N-GFS GRK: ἐν προφάσει πλεονεξίας θεὸς μάρτυς NAS: with a pretext for greed-- God KJV: a cloke of covetousness; God INT: with a pretext of covetousness God [is] witness 2 Peter 2:3 N-DFS GRK: καὶ ἐν πλεονεξίᾳ πλαστοῖς λόγοις NAS: and in [their] greed they will exploit KJV: through covetousness shall they with feigned INT: And through covetousness with well-turned words 2 Peter 2:14 N-GFS GRK: καρδίαν γεγυμνασμένην πλεονεξίας ἔχοντες κατάρας NAS: trained in greed, accursed KJV: exercised with covetous practices; cursed INT: a heart exercised in craving having of curse 10 Occurrences