πλεονέκτης
pleonektēs · greedy person
Greek word · Strong’s number G4123 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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pleonektēs (πλεονέκτης) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “greedy person”.
Someone who always wants to have more.
How to say it
ple·o·nek·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 who always wants more, even what belongs to others.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- 1 Corinthians 5:10
not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would have to go out of the world.
- 1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I write to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is sexually immoral or greedy or an idolater or a reviler or a drunkard or a swindler; with such a one do not even eat.
- 1 Corinthians 6:10
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
- Ephesians 5:5
For this you know, recognizing that no sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.