Lexical Summary pleonektēs: one desirous of having more Original Word: πλεονέκτηςTransliteration: pleonektēs Phonetic Spelling: (pleh-on-ek'-tace) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: one desirous of having more Meaning: one desirous of having more Strong's Concordance covetous. From pleion and echo; holding (desiring) more, i.e. Eager for gain (avaricious, hence a defrauder) -- covetous. see GREEK pleion see GREEK echo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4123: πλεονέκτηςπλεονέκτης, πλεονέκτου, ὁ (πλέον and ἔχω); 1. one eager to have more, especially what belongs to others ((Thucydides 1, 40, 1 (cf. Herodotus 7, 158)); Xenophon, mem. 1, 5, 3); 2. greedy of gain, covetous: 1 Corinthians 5:10, 11; 1 Corinthians 6:10; Ephesians 5:5; Sir. 14:9. |
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