Word Study · Strong's G4149 · Greek
πλοῦτος
ploutos
ploo'-tos
Strong's 1890 spelling: ploûtos
“wealth (as fulness), i.e. (literally) money, possessions, or (figuratively) abundance, richness, (specially), valuable bestowment”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
wealth (as fulness), i.e. (literally) money, possessions, or (figuratively) abundance, richness, (specially), valuable bestowment
Rendered in the KJV as
riches.
- 22occurrencesin the New Testament
- 12 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 22 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- πλοῦτος12
- πλούτου6
- πλοῦτον3
- πλοῦτος.¶1
How it is rendered · 7
- riches14
- of riches3
- [is the] riches1
- [is] riches1
- richness1
- wealth1
- wealth.1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular7
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular6
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular5
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular3
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-ASN · 7
- N-GSM · 6
- N-NSM · 5
- N-ASM · 3
- N-NSN · 1
All 22, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Romans5 of 22 · 23%
- Ephesians5 of 22 · 23%
- Colossians2 of 22 · 9%
- Revelation2 of 22 · 9%
- Matthew1 of 22 · 5%
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Romans5 occurrences
- Romans 2:4πλούτουploutounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularOr do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?here: riches
- Romans 9:23πλοῦτονploutonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularWhat if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—here: riches
- Romans 11:12πλοῦτοςploutosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularBut if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!here: [is] riches
- Romans 11:12πλοῦτοςploutosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularBut if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!here: [is the] riches
- Romans 11:33πλούτουploutounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularO, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!here: of riches
2 Corinthians1 occurrence
Ephesians5 occurrences
- Ephesians 1:7πλοῦτοςploutosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularIn Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His gracehere: riches
- Ephesians 1:18πλοῦτοςploutosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularI ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,here: riches
- Ephesians 2:7πλοῦτοςploutosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularin order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.here: riches
- Ephesians 3:8πλοῦτοςploutosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularThough I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,here: riches
- Ephesians 3:16πλοῦτοςploutosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularI ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,here: riches
Philippians1 occurrence
Colossians2 occurrences
- Colossians 1:27πλοῦτοςploutosnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularTo them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.here: riches
- Colossians 2:2πλοῦτοςploutosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularthat they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,here: richness
James1 occurrence
Revelation2 occurrences
- Revelation 5:12πλοῦτονploutonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularIn a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”here: riches
- Revelation 18:17πλοῦτος.¶ploutosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularFor in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distancehere: wealth.