ἈΠΛΗΣΤΟΣ, ἀπληστος
APLĒSTOS, aplēstos
Sounds Like: ah-PLAY-stos
Translations: insatiable, greedy, covetous
From the root: ἈΠΛΗΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This adjective describes someone who is never satisfied, especially with material possessions or gain. It implies an unquenchable desire or greed. It can be used to describe a person's character or their actions, indicating an excessive and unrestrained appetite for something.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0082 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 20 — 11:255
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΛΗΣΤΟΣ.
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- ἈΠΛΗΣΤΟΥ — of insatiable, of greedy, of unappeasable
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