plousios · rich

What it means

plousios (πλούσιος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “rich”.

A rich person.

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. Someone with many possessions.
2. Rich in something good, like mercy.

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

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×2
• Luke×11
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Ephesians×1
• 1 Timothy×1
• James×5
• Revelation×4

• Matthew 19:23

  And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you that a rich man will enter into the kingdom of heaven with difficulty.

• Matthew 19:24

  And again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.”

• Matthew 27:57

  When evening came, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself also had become a disciple of Jesus.

• Mark 10:25

  It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.”

• Mark 12:41

  And sitting down opposite the treasury, he was watching how the crowd puts copper coins into the treasury. And many rich people were putting in much.

• Luke 6:24

  But woe to you who are rich, because you have received your comfort.

• Luke 12:16

  And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a certain rich man produced abundantly.

• Luke 14:12

  And he was also saying to the one who had invited him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not call your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.

• Luke 16:1

  And he was also saying to the disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and this man was accused to him of squandering his possessions.

• Luke 16:19

  Now there was a certain rich man, and he used to dress in purple and fine linen, celebrating splendidly every day.

• Luke 16:21

  and longing to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table; but even the dogs would come and lick his sores.

• Luke 16:22

  And it happened that the poor man died and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.

• Luke 18:23

  But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.

• Luke 18:25

  For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.”

• Luke 19:2

  And look, there was a man called by name Zacchaeus; and he was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

• Luke 21:1

  And looking up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury.

• 2 Corinthians 8:9

  For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, that for your sake he became poor, though he was rich, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

• Ephesians 2:4

  But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

• 1 Timothy 6:17

  Command the rich in the present age not to be arrogant nor to set their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who provides us with all things richly for enjoyment;

• James 1:10

  and let the rich boast in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.

• James 1:11

  For the sun rose with its scorching heat and withered the grass, and its flower fell, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also the rich man will fade away in his pursuits.

• James 2:5

  Listen, my beloved brothers: has not God chosen the poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

• James 2:6

  But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do they themselves not drag you into the courts?

• James 5:1

  Come now, you rich, weep, wailing aloud over your miseries that are coming upon you.

• Revelation 2:9

  I know your affliction and poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy from those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

• Revelation 3:17

  For you say, “I am rich, and I have become wealthy, and I have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are the wretched one and pitiable and poor and blind and naked.

• Revelation 6:15

  And the kings of the earth and the great ones and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free person hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;

• Revelation 13:16

  And it causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,