noun
ploutos
Strong’sG4149
riches, wealth
stem plout-22 times in the New Testamentin 12 of 27 books4 of 16 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
Riches, wealth 42. The word is used literally of material possessions, money, and property 123, such as the wealth a person owns or treasure that can be amassed 3.
It is also used figuratively, of abundance or richness in a non-material sense — moral and spiritual riches, fullness, or a valuable gift bestowed 123.
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
πλοῦτος, -ου, ὁ and (in II Co 8:2, Eph 1:17 2:7 3:8, 16, Phl 4:19, Col 1:27 2:2; v. WH, App., 158; M, Pr., 60) τό,
[in LXX chiefly for עשֶׁר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4149 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidploo'-tos
wealth (as fulness), i.e. (literally) money, possessions, or (figuratively) abundance, richness, (specially), valuable bestowment
Fromfrom the base of G4130;
King Jamesriches.
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
wealth, riches, ἄφενος καὶ πλοῦτον ἀφύξειν Refs 8th c.BC+; opposed to πενία, Refs 5th c.BC+treasures, Refs 5th c.BC+ with genitive _of things_, π. ἀργύρου, χρυσοῦ, treasure of silver or gold, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀφανὴς π., opposed to γῆ, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 metaphorically, πραπίδων π. Refs 5th c.BC+; γᾶς π. ἄβυσσος, of the whole earth, Refs 5th c.BC+
II masculine proper name Plutus, god of riches, Refs 8th c.BC+; represented as blind, 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 | neuter singular | masculine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ploutos5×πλοῦτος | ploutem8×πλοῦτος | ploutois | plouteim |
| object accusative | plouton3×πλοῦτον | ploutoin | ||
| direct address vocative | ploutor | ploutoir | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | ploutou6×πλούτου | plouteu | ploutoiu | plouteiu |
| to, for dative | plouto | ploute | ploutoi | ploutei |
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
plout 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
22 occurrences, every one of them listed
ploutos“riches”subjectnominative singular5×
Romans 11:12ei de tem paraptōmem autoiu ploutos kosmou kai tem hēttēmem autoiu ploutos …But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure …
Romans 11:12… ploutos kosmou kai tem hēttēmem autoiu ploutos ethneiu, pose mallon tem plērōmem autoiu.… for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!
Ephesians 1:18… elpidas tau klēsiau autou, tinos tos ploutos tau doxau tau klēronomiau autou en …… the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the …
James 5:2tos ploutos vu sēpatē, kai teim himatieim vu …Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten …
Revelation 18:17hoti hena hōra erēmita tos tosoutos ploutos. Kai pantos kubernētos kai pantos tos …… in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger …
plouton“riches”objectaccusative singular3×
Romans 9:23kai hina gnōrizateia ton plouton tau doxau autou epi skeveim eleseu, …… He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the …
Hebrews 11:26“wealth”megoteron plouton hēgerantos toiu Aiguptau thēsauroiu ton oneidismon …… Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he …
Revelation 5:12… tem sfazorēntem labara tan dunamian kai plouton kai sofian kai ischuan kai timan …… was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor …
ploutou“riches”of, belonging togenitive singular6×
Matthew 13:22… aiōnou houtou kai tas apatas tou ploutou sumpnigatō ton logon, kai akarpos genotō.… this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes …
Mark 4:19… tou aiōnou kai tas apatas tou ploutou kai tais peri teim loipeim epithumiais …… of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things …
Luke 8:14… tois akouarantois, kai hupo merimnaiu kai ploutou kai hēdonaiu tou biou poreuorōntois sumpnigolō …… they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and …
Romans 2:4ē tou ploutou tau chrēstotau autou kai tau anochau …Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience …
Romans 11:33Ō bathem ploutou kai sofiau kai gnōsiau theou; hōs …O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of …
1 Timothy 6:17“riches”… parangelasōr mē hupsēlofronarō mēde elpizarē epi ploutou adēlota, alla epi theo to parecharōnto …… present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things …
ploutem“riches”subject or objectdirect singular8×
2 Corinthians 8:2“wealth”… batheu ptōcheias autoiu perisseuata eis tem ploutem tau haplotau autoiu;In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
Ephesians 1:7… tan afesian teiu paraptōmeiu, kata tem ploutem tau charitau autou… of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
Ephesians 2:7… toi aiōnoi toi eperchorōntoi tem huperballarōntem ploutem tau charitau autou en chrēstota epi …… ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His …
Ephesians 3:8… houtas tei ethnei euangelizera tem anexichniastem ploutem tou Christou,… preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
Ephesians 3:16hina dōateia vi kata tem ploutem tau doxau autou dunamia krataiira dia …I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen …
Philippians 4:19… plērati pantan chreian vu kata tem ploutem autou en doxa en Christo Iēso.… your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 2:2… sumbibazirantois en agapa kai eis pantem ploutem tau plēroforiau tau sunesiau, eis epignōsian …… love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they …
Colossians 1:27… thelata tos theos gnōrizara tinem tem ploutem tau doxau teu mustērieu houteu en …… known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ …