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.
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. Word Origin
from pleonektés
Definition
advantage, covetousness
NASB Word Usage
covetousness (1), deeds of coveting (1), greed (7), greediness (1).NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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All rights reserved Lockman.org covetousness, greediness. From pleonektes; avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion -- covetous(-ness) practices, greediness. see GREEK pleonektes
πλεονάζοντα — 2 Occ.
ἐπλεονέκτησα — 1 Occ.
ἐπλεονεκτήσαμεν — 1 Occ.
ἐπλεονέκτησεν — 1 Occ.
πλεονεκτηθῶμεν — 1 Occ.
πλεονεκτεῖν — 1 Occ.
πλεονέκται — 1 Occ.
πλεονέκταις — 1 Occ.
πλεονέκτης — 2 Occ.
πλεονεξίᾳ — 4 Occ.
πλεονεξίαν — 2 Occ.
πλεονεξίας — 3 Occ.
πλευράν — 6 Occ.
ἐπλέομεν — 1 Occ.
πλεῖν — 1 Occ.
πλέων — 1 Occ.
πλέον — 1 Occ.
πλέοντας — 1 Occ.
πλεόντων — 1 Occ.
πληγαὶ — 2 Occ.
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Strong's Greek 4124
10 Occurrences
πλεονεξίᾳ — 4 Occ.
πλεονεξίαι — 1 Occ.
πλεονεξίαν — 2 Occ.
πλεονεξίας — 3 Occ.
Mark 7:22 N-NFP
BIB: πλεονεξίαι πονηρίαι δόλος
NAS: deeds of coveting [and] wickedness,
KJV: Thefts, covetousness, wickedness,
INT: covetous desires wickednesses deceitLuke 12:15 N-GFS
BIB: 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
BIB: 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
BIB: μὴ ὡς πλεονεξίαν
NAS: and not affected by covetousness.
KJV: not as [of] covetousness.
INT: not as [of] covetousness Ephesians 4:19 N-DFS
BIB: πάσης ἐν πλεονεξίᾳ
NAS: of impurity with greediness.
KJV: uncleanness with greediness.
INT: all with craving Ephesians 5:3 N-NFS
BIB: 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
BIB: 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
BIB: 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
BIB: 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
BIB: 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
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