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GreekG4124Noun (Feminine)

πλεονεξία

pleonexia

10Occurrences
G4124Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion

from G4123 (πλεονέκτης);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
the character and conduct of a πλεονέκτης.
1.advantage.
2.desire for advantage, grasping, aggression, cupidity, covetousness
Synonyms
φιλαργυρία, avarice (see Tr., Syn., § xxiv)
LXX: for בֶּצַע

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

πλεονεξία appears 10 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Peter
2
Ephesians
2
1 Thessalonians
1
2 Corinthians
1
Colossians
1
Luke
1
Mark
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

1 Thessalonians 2:5BSB

As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!

2 Peter 2:3BSB

In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

Colossians 3:5BSB

Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

Ephesians 5:3BSB

But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

Mark 7:22BSB

greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.