noun · masculine

plēktos

Greekπλήκτης (plēktēs)

Strong’sG4131

a contentious person

stem plēkt-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

violent2×

What it means

** πλήκτης, -ου, ὁ

(< πλήσσω), [in Sm.: Ps 34 (35):15*;]

a striker, brawler: I Ti 3:3, Tit 1:7 (Arist., Plut., al.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4131 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidplake'-tace

a smiter, i.e. pugnacious (quarrelsome)

Fromfrom G4141;

King Jamesstriker.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	plēktos	plēktois
object accusative	plēkton2×πλήκτην	plēktoin
direct address vocative	plēktor	plēktoir
of, belonging to genitive	plēktou	plēktoiu
to, for dative	plēkto	plēktoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

plēktstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

plēkto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

plēkton“violent”objectaccusative singular2×

1 Timothy 3:3“violent”mē paroinon, mē plēkton, alla epieikon, amachon, afilarguron,not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.

Titus 1:7“violent”datō gar ton episkopon anenklēton arō hōs theou oikonomon, mē authadon, mē orgilon, mē paroinon, mē plēkton, mē aischrokerdon,As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach — not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.