pleonexia · greed

What it means

pleonexia (πλεονεξία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “greed”.

The craving to have more.

How to say it

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

1. Wanting more and more, even taking from others.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• Romans×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Ephesians×2
• Colossians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• 2 Peter×2

• Mark 7:22

  adulteries, greed, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, an evil eye, blasphemy, arrogance, foolishness.

• Luke 12:15

  And he said to them, “Watch out and guard yourselves from all greed, because even when someone has abundance, his life is not from his possessions.”

• Romans 1:29

  filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; they are gossips,

• 2 Corinthians 9:5

  So I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance your previously promised blessing, so that this may be ready in this way: as a blessing and not as greed.

• Ephesians 4:19

  who, having become callous, gave over themselves to debauchery for the practice of every impurity with greed.

• Ephesians 5:3

  But sexual immorality and all impurity or greed, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;

• Colossians 3:5

  So put to death the members that are on the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry;

• 1 Thessalonians 2:5

  For neither did we ever come with a word of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed (God is witness),

• 2 Peter 2:3

  And in greed with made-up words they will make merchandise of you. For them the judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

• 2 Peter 2:14

  They have eyes full of adultery and insatiable for sin; they entice unsteady souls; they have a heart trained in greed; they are children of a curse.