Greek noun (masculine) · G4123
πλεονέκτης
pleonektespleh-on-ek'-tace
greedy
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pleonéktēs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4123is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4123
holding (desiring) more, i.e. eager for gain (avaricious, hence a defrauder)
The King James renders it: covetous.
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
pleonektes is rendered "greedy". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Three of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Corinthians 5:10I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.
1 Corinthians 5:10πλεονέκταις
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's four uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a coveter1
- coveters1
- covetous1
- covetous man1
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 |
| πλεονάζω | pleonazo | to increase | Uses9 |
| πλεονεκτέω | pleonekteo | to exploit | Uses5 |
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- πλεονέκτης2
- πλεονέκται1
- πλεονέκταις1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2N-NSM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1N-DPM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1N-NPM
1 Corinthians
three uses
I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.
- πλεονέκταιςpleonektaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: covetous
But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
- πλεονέκτηςpleonektesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a coveter
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
- πλεονέκταιpleonektainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: coveters
Ephesians
one use
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
- πλεονέκτηςpleonektesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: covetous man
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.