adjective
plousios
Strong’sG4145
rich
stem plousi-28 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books7 of 26 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Rich, wealthy — having many possessions 1234. Used of actual wealthy individuals, such as a rich man or the rich as a class 13, and also used as a noun, "the rich one" or "the rich," referring to a person or group of people who have wealth 1.
The word is also applied figuratively to abundance in something other than money — being rich in mercy, grace, faith, or good deeds, said of God, of Christ, and of believers who overflow with such qualities rather than material wealth 12. This figurative construction, describing someone who abounds in a particular thing, is itself found in the New Testament 3.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
πλούσιος, -α, -ον
(< πλοῦτος), [in LXX chiefly for עָשִׁיר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4145 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidploo'-see-os
wealthy; figuratively, abounding with
Fromfrom G4149;
King Jamesrich.
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
Laconian dialect πλούτιος Refs: α, ον: (πλοῦτος):— wealthy, opulent, opposed to πένης, πενιχρός, Refs 8th c.BC+; πλουσίῳ χαίρειν γένει in his rich and lordly race, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 with genitive of things, rich in a thing, ὁ δαίμων δ᾽ ἐς ἐμὲ πλούσιος κακῶν Refs 5th c.BC+
3 with dative, π. τοῖς ἀχρήστοις καὶ περιττοῖς NT+3rd c.BC+
II of things, σοὶ δὲ π. τράπεζα κείσθω richly furnished, Refs 5th c.BC+; ample, abundant, κτερίσματα Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative, θησαυρὸς ἀνάκειται ὁμοῖα τοῖσι πλουσιωτάτοισι Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb -ίως, ἱρὸν π. κατεσκευασμένον ἀναθήμασι 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 | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | plousios13×πλούσιος | plousias | plousiem | plousiois3×πλούσιοι | plousiais | plousieim |
| object accusative | plousion3×πλούσιον | plousian | plousioin4×πλουσίους | plousiain | ||
| direct address vocative | plousior | plousiar | plousioir1×πλούσιοι | plousiair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | plousiou2×πλουσίου | plousiau | plousieu | plousioiu | plousiaiu | plousieiu |
| to, for dative | plousio | plousia | plousie | plousioi2×πλουσίοις | plousiai | plousiei |
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
plousi 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.
28 occurrences, every one of them listed
plousios“rich”subjectnominative singular13×
Matthew 19:23… mathētoi autou; Amēn legamō vi hoti plousios duskolōs eisercheti eis tan basileian toiu …… you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of …
Matthew 27:57Opsēau de generantau erchata anthrōpos plousios apo Harimathaiau, tounomem Iōsēf, hos kai …… it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who …
Luke 16:1… pros toin mathētoin; Anthrōpos tinos ate plousios hos echate oikonomon, kai houtos diaballita …… to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of …
Luke 16:19Anthrōpos de tinos ate plousios, kai endiduskote porfuran kai bussan eufranorōntos …Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine …
Luke 16:22… kolpon Abraam; apothnēskata de kai tos plousios kai thaptita.… angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
Luke 18:23“rich”… akouarantos houteim perilupos genita, ate gar plousios sfodra.… the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.
Luke 19:2“rich”… kai autos ate architelōnos kai autos plousios;… Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.
2 Corinthians 8:9… Iēsu Christou, hoti dia vin ptōcheuata plousios arōntos, hina vis ta ekeinou ptōcheia …… Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became …
Ephesians 2:4tos de theos plousios arōntos en elese, dia tan pollan …… love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
James 1:10tos de plousios en ta tapeinōsia autou, hoti hōs …But the one who is rich should exult in his low position …
James 1:11… prosōpeu auteu apoleta; houtōs kai tos plousios en tai poreiai autou maraniti.… beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the …
Revelation 2:9… tan thlipsian kai tan ptōcheian, alla plousios asō, kai tan blasfēmian ek toiu …… and your poverty — though you are rich! And I am aware of the …
Revelation 3:17hoti legasō hoti Plousios amō kai ploutamē kai oudenem chreian …You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need …
plousion“rich”objectaccusative singular3×
Matthew 19:24… kamēlan dia trupēmeu rafisau eiserchara ē plousion eis tan basileian tou theou.… of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of …
Mark 10:25… tau trumaliau tau rafisau dierchara ē plousion eis tan basileian tou theou eiserchara.… of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of …
Luke 18:25… kamēlan dia trēmeu belonau eiserchara ē plousion eis tan basileian tou theou eiserchara.… of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of …
plousiou“rich”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Luke 12:16… parabolan pros autoin legarōntos; Anthrōpou tinou plousiou euforata tas chōras.… parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
Luke 16:21… teiu piptarōnteiu apo tau trapezau tou plousiou; alla kai tois kunois erchorōntois epileichale …… the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came …
plousiois“rich”subjectnominative plural3×
Mark 12:41… chalkon eis tem gazofulakiem; kai pollois plousiois balale polleim;… putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
James 2:6… de atimazava ton ptōchon. ouk tois plousiois katadunasteualō vu, kai autois helkalō vin …… the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you …
Revelation 6:15… megistanois kai tois chiliarchois kai tois plousiois kai tois ischurois kai pantos doulos …… earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and …
plousioin“rich”objectaccusative plural4×
Luke 14:12… mēde toin sungenoin su mēde geitonoin plousioin, mēpote kai autois antikalaleia sin kai …… friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you …
Luke 21:1… eis tem gazofulakiem teim dōreim autoiu plousioin.… Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,
James 2:5… theos eklegeta toin ptōchoin to kosmo plousioin en pistia kai klēronomoin tau basileiau …… poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the …
Revelation 13:16… mikroin kai toin megoin, kai toin plousioin kai toin ptōchoin, kai toin eleutheroin …… required all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to …
plousioir“rich”direct addressvocative plural1×
James 5:1Agasōr nun tois plousioir, klaiavar ololuzarōntois epi tai talaipōriai vu …Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery …
plousioi“rich”to, fordative plural2×
Luke 6:24plēn ouai vi toi plousioi, hoti apechavō tan paraklēsian vu.But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your …
1 Timothy 6:17Toi plousioi en to nun aiōno parangelasōr mē …Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to …