plouteō · be rich

What it means

plouteō (πλουτέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be rich”.

Become rich.

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. To have many possessions.
2. To be rich in good deeds or toward God.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• rich ×11
• I have become wealthy ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Luke×2
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• 1 Timothy×2
• Revelation×5

• Luke 1:53

  the hungry he has filled with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.

• Luke 12:21

  So it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

• Romans 10:12

  For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, rich toward all who call on him.

• 1 Corinthians 4:8

  Already you are filled! Already you have become rich! Without us you have reigned! And I wish you had reigned, so that we also might reign with you!

• 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.

• 1 Timothy 6:9

  But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.

• 1 Timothy 6:18

  to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, sharing,

• 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 3:18

  I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white clothes so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be exposed, and salve to put on your eyes so that you may see.

• Revelation 18:3

  because all the nations have fallen from the wine of the fury of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from the power of her luxury.”

• Revelation 18:15

  The merchants of these things, who grew rich from her, will stand far off for fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,

• Revelation 18:19

  And they threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and mourning, saying, “Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships on the sea grew rich from her wealth! For in one hour she has been laid waste.”