"one who has or claims to have more than his share; a covetous, avaricious person, one who defrauds for the sake of gain, 1 Cor. 5:10, 11; 6:10; Eph. 5:5*"
Definition and meaning
one who has or claims to have more than his share; a covetous, avaricious person, one who defrauds for the sake of gain, 1 Cor. 5:10, 11; 6:10; Eph. 5:5*
In the original Greek the word is written: πλεονέκτης
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of pleonektes (G4123) across the King James Bible.
Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
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Common questions
Strong's G4123 (pleonektes) is a Greek word that means: one who has or claims to have more than his share; a covetous, avaricious person, one who defrauds for the sake of gain, 1 Cor. 5:10, 11; 6:10; Eph. 5:5* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word pleonektes (G4123) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4123 is pleonektes, a Greek word defined as: one who has or claims to have more than his share; a covetous, avaricious person, one who defrauds for the sake of gain, 1 Cor. 5:10, 11; 6:10; Eph. 5. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
pleonektes is a Greek word found in the New Testament.