Greek verb · G4121
πλεονάζω
pleonazopleh-on-ad'-zo
Of persons; Of things, to abound, superabound
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pleonázō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4121is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4121
to do, make or be more, i.e. increase (transitively or intransitively); by extension, to superabound
The King James renders it: abound, abundant, make to increase, have over.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
pleonazo is rendered "Of persons; Of things, to abound, superabound". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "Of persons".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 5:20The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
Romans 5:20πλεονάσῃ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's nine uses are in Romans.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: Of persons, and Of things, to abound, superabound.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Of persons__(a) to abound in (Arist.); __(b) to superabound | Tagged as
| Where2 Corinthians 8:15As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess… |
| Of things, to abound, superaboundRom.5:20 6:1, 2Co.4:15, Php.4:17, 2Th.1:3, 2Pe.1:8. __II. Trans. (Num.26:54, Psa.71:21; not cl, see Lft., Notes, 48 f.), to make to abound | Tagged as
| WhereNumbers 26:54Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| πλεονεξία | pleonexia | greediness | Uses10 |
| πλεονεκτέω | pleonekteo | to exploit | Uses5 |
| πλεονέκτης | pleonektes | greedy | Uses4 |
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐπλεόνασεν2
- πλεονάζοντα2
- πλεονάσῃ2
- πλεονάζει1
- πλεονάσαι1
- πλεονάσασα1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2V-AAS-3S
- verb · aorist active, optative · 3rd person singular1V-AAO-3S
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1V-AAP-NSF
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-PAP-ASM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter plural1V-PAP-NPN
Romans
three uses
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
- πλεονάσῃpleonaseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may abound
- ἐπλεόνασενepleonasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: abounded
What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
- πλεονάσῃpleonaseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may abound
2 Corinthians
two uses
All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
- πλεονάσασαpleonasasaverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having abounded
As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”
- ἐπλεόνασενepleonasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: did abound
Philippians
one use
Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account.
- πλεονάζονταpleonazontaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: is abounding
1 Thessalonians
one use
And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,
- πλεονάσαιpleonasaiverb · aorist active, optative · 3rd person singulartagged: would make to increase
2 Thessalonians
one use
We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
- πλεονάζειpleonazeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is abounding
2 Peter
one use
For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- πλεονάζονταpleonazontaverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: abounding
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.