4123. pleonektés
Strong's Concordance
pleonektés: one desirous of having more
Original Word: πλεονέκτης, ου, ὁ
Part 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.
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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: πλεονέκτης

πλεονέκτης, πλεονέκτου, (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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
covetous.

From pleion and echo; holding (desiring) more, i.e. Eager for gain (avaricious, hence a defrauder) -- covetous.

see GREEK pleion

see GREEK echo

Forms and Transliterations
πλεονεκται πλεονέκται πλεονεκταις πλεονέκταις πλεονεκτης πλεονέκτης pleonektai pleonéktai pleonektais pleonéktais pleonektes pleonektēs pleonéktes pleonéktēs
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4 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
GRK: πόρνος ἢ πλεονέκτης ἢ εἰδωλολάτρης
NAS: or covetous, or
KJV: or covetous, or
INT: sexually immoral or covetous or idolater

1 Corinthians 6:10 N-NMP
GRK: κλέπται οὔτε πλεονέκται οὐ μέθυσοι
NAS: nor [the] covetous, nor
KJV: thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards,
INT: thieves nor covetous not drunkards

Ephesians 5:5 N-NMS
GRK: ἀκάθαρτος ἢ πλεονέκτης ὅ ἐστιν
NAS: or covetous man, who
KJV: nor covetous man, who
INT: unclean person or covetous who is

4 Occurrences

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