Strong's Greek #4124 - πλεονεξία, ας, ἡ pleonexia (advantage)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance covetousness, greediness. From pleonektes; avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion -- covetous(-ness) practices, greediness. see GREEK pleonektes Thayer's Greek LexiconStrong's 4124: πλεονεξίαπλεονεξία, πλεονεξίας, ἡ (πλεονέκτης, which see), greedy desire to have more, covetousness, avarice: Luke 12:15; Romans 1:29; Ephesians 4:19; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; 2 Peter 2:3 (on the omission of the article in the last two passages, cf. Winer's Grammar, 120 (114)), 14; ὡς (Rec. ὥσπερ) πλεονεξίαν (as a matter of covetousness), i. e. a gift which betrays the giver's covetousness, 2 Corinthians 9:5 (here R. V. text extortion); plural various modes in which covetousness shows itself, covetings (cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; Buttmann, 77 (67)), Mark 7:22. (In the same and various other senses by secular writings from Herodotus and Thucydides down.) (Trench, N. T. Synonyms, § xxiv., and (in partial correction) Lightfoot's Commentary on Colossians 3:5.)Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Greek: 4124. πλεονεξία (pleonexia) — 10 OccurrencesMark 7:22 - N-NFP Luke 12:15 - N-GFS Romans 1:29 - N-DFS 2 Corinthians 9:5 - N-AFS Ephesians 4:19 - N-DFS Ephesians 5:3 - N-NFS Colossians 3:5 - N-AFS 1 Thessalonians 2:5 - N-GFS 2 Peter 2:3 - N-DFS 2 Peter 2:14 - N-GFS |