ΠΛΕΟΝΕΚΤΗΣ, πλεονεκτης
PLEONEKTĒS, pleonektēs
Sounds Like: pleh-oh-NEK-tays
Translations: covetous person, greedy person, extortioner, a covetous person, a greedy person, an extortioner
From the root: ΠΛΕΟΝΕΚΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to someone who is covetous, greedy, or an extortioner. It describes a person who desires to have more than their fair share, often at the expense of others, and can imply a person who takes advantage of others for personal gain. It is used to describe a character trait of excessive desire for possessions or wealth.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4123 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 19:6
Codex Sinaiticus
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 6 — 5:5
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 2:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΛΕΟΝΕΚΤΗΣ.
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.
- ΠΛΕΟΝΕΚΤΑΙ — greedy person, covetous person, extortioner, a greedy person, a covetous person, an extortioner
- ΠΛΕΟΝΕΚΤΑΙΣ — to greedy people, to covetous people, to swindlers, to extortioners
- ΠΛΕΟΝΕΚΤΕΣ — covetous person, greedy person, extortioner, a covetous person, a greedy person, an extortioner
- ΠΛΕΟΝΕΚΤΗΝ — a greedy person, a covetous person, an extortioner
- ΠΛΕΟΝΕΚΤΟΥ — of a covetous person, of a greedy person, of an extortioner
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