noun · feminine
pleonexias
Strong’sG4124
covetousness, avarice
stem pleonexi-10 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
πλεονεξία, -ας, ἡ
(< πλεονέκτης), [in LXX for בֶּצַע;]
SYN.: φιλαργυρία, avarice (v. Tr., Syn., § xxiv).
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4124 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpleh-on-ex-ee'-ah
avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion
Fromfrom G4123;
King Jamescovetous(-ness) practices, greediness.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, greediness, assumption, arrogance, τῶν Σπαρτιητέων ἡ π. Refs 5th c.BC+; π. συγγενική wrong done to one's kin, Refs 4th c.AD+
2 assumption, αἱ ἐν τῷ πυνθάνεσθαι π. Refs 4th c.BC+
II advantage, Refs 5th c.BC+; αἱ π. αἱ ἴδιαι, αἱ δημόσιαι, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ πλεονεξίᾳ with a view to one's own advantage, Refs 5th c.BC+; μετὰ πλεονεξίας τινὸς ἀγωνίζεσθαι πρὸς [τὰ θηρία] Refsexcellences, Refs 3rd c.AD+
II.2 a larger share of a thing, τῶν πολιτικῶν δικαίων Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3 gain derived from a thing, τὴν ἐπὶ τῶν ἰδίων δικῶν πλεονεξίαν Refs 4th c.BC+undue gains, Refs 5th c.BC+
III excess, opposed to ἔνδεια, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | pleonexias1×πλεονεξία | pleonexiais1×πλεονεξίαι |
| object accusative | pleonexian2×πλεονεξίαν | pleonexiain |
| direct address vocative | pleonexiar | pleonexiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | pleonexiau3×πλεονεξίας | pleonexiaiu |
| to, for dative | pleonexia3×πλεονεξίᾳ | pleonexiai |
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
pleonexia 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
10 occurrences, every one of them listed
pleonexias“greed”subjectnominative singular1×
Ephesians 5:3Porneias de kai akatharsias pantas ē pleonexias mēde onomazotōr en vi, kathōs prepatō …… any kind of impurity, or of greed.
pleonexian“greed”objectaccusative singular2×
2 Corinthians 9:5“extortion”… houtōs hōs eulogian kai mē hōs pleonexian.… prepared generously and not begrudgingly.
Colossians 3:5… akatharsian, pathem, epithumian kakosan, kai tan pleonexian hotinas atō eidōlolatrias,… immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
pleonexiau“greed”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Luke 12:15… autoin; Horavōr kai fulassovōr apo pantau pleonexiau, hoti ouk en te perisseuarō tino …… Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist …
1 Thessalonians 2:5… genina, kathōs oidavē, oute en profasia pleonexiau, theos marturos,… of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
2 Peter 2:14… hamartau, deleazarōntois psuchain astēriktain, kardian gumnazorēntan pleonexiau echarōntois, katarau tekneim,… accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
pleonexia“greed”to, fordative singular3×
Romans 1:29“covetousness”plērorēntoin panta adikia ponēria pleonexia kakia, mestoin fthonou fonou eridau dolou …… have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice …
Ephesians 4:19“greediness”… aselgeia eis ergasian akatharsiau pantau en pleonexia.… themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving …
2 Peter 2:3kai en pleonexia plastoi logoi vin emporeueli; hoi tem …In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you …
pleonexiais“greed”subjectnominative plural1×
Mark 7:22moicheiais, pleonexiais, ponēriais, dolos, aselgeias, ofthalmos ponēros, blasfēmias, …greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance …