2001 Translation

PLEONEXIAN, pleonexian

Sounds Like: pleh-oh-nex-EE-an

Translations: greed, covetousness, avarice, a greed, a covetousness

From the root: ΠΛΕΟΝΕΞΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the desire to have more, especially more than one's fair share. It describes an insatiable craving for gain, often at the expense of others. It is frequently used in a negative sense to denote an excessive and wrongful desire for possessions or wealth.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4124 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 10:4

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 35:5

Codex Sinaiticus

• Psalms — 118:36
• Jeremiah — 22:17
• Habakkuk — 2:9
• 2 Corinthians — 9:5
• Epistle of Barnabas — 10:4

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 17:158, 42:292
• Book Two — 17:158, 42:292

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 3 — 4:67
• Book 13 — 5:169

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 15:1, 19:14
• Book Two — 14:9, 15:23
• Book Four — 3:66

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Psalms — 118:36
• Jeremiah — 22:17
• Habakkuk — 2:9

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• 2 Corinthians — 9:5
• Colossians — 3:5

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΛΕΟΝΕΞΙΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΠΛΕΟΝΕΞΕΙΑΝ — covetousness, greed, avarice, a covetousness, a greed, an avarice
• ΠΛΕΟΝΕΞΙΑ — greed, covetousness, avarice, a desire for more, a grasping spirit
• ΠΛΕΟΝΕΞΙΑΙ — greed, covetousness, avarice, rapacity
• ΠΛΕΟΝΕΞΙΑΙΣ — greed, covetousness, avarice, rapacity
• ΠΛΕΟΝΕΞΙΑΣ — of covetousness, of greed, of avarice, of graspingness, of overreaching
• ΠΛΕΟΝΕΞΙΩΝ — of covetousness, of greed, of avarice, of desire for more

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