πλήκτης
plēktēs · violent
Greek word · Strong’s number G4131 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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plēktēs (πλήκτης) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “violent”.
Someone who strikes others, a brawler.
How to say it
plēk·tēs
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- One quick to come to blows.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Timothy 3:3
not given to drink, not violent, but gentle, not quarrelsome, free from the love of money,
- Titus 1:7
For the overseer must be blameless as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drink, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain,