What does πλεονέκτης (pleonéktēs) mean in the Bible?
πλεονέκτης (pleonéktēs) is a Greek word meaning "greedy".
Greek · G4123
πλεονέκτης
Greedy
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πλεονέκτης G4123
Pronunciation pleonéktēs
What does πλεονέκτης (pleonéktēs) mean in the Bible?
πλεονέκτης (pleonéktēs) is a Greek word meaning "greedy".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4123?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include greedy (2), greedy person (1), the greedy (1).
Where does πλεονέκτης (pleonéktēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 5:10. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (3), Ephesians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It greedy 2× 1 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Corinthians 5:11
greedy person 1× Ephesians 5:5
the greedy 1× 1 Corinthians 6:10
Show sample aligned rows
1 Corinthians 5:10 πλεονέκταις to greedy Noun - Dative Masculine Plural 1 Corinthians 5:11 πλεονέκτης to greedy Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1 Corinthians 6:10 πλεονέκται to the greedy Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Ephesians 5:5 πλεονέκτης to greedy person Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Corinthians 5:10
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
1 Corinthians 3 Ephesians 1
Source forms
πλεονέκτης 2x pleonektēs 1 Corinthians 5:11, Ephesians 5:5
πλεονέκται 1x pleonektai 1 Corinthians 6:10
πλεονέκταις 1x pleonektais 1 Corinthians 5:10
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x 1 Corinthians 5:11, Ephesians 5:5
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Corinthians 5:10
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Corinthians 6:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. greedy
Strong's G4123
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
greedy
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(πλέον, ἔχω), [in LXX: Sir.14:9 * ;] = ὁ θέλων πλέον ἔχειν (see MM, xx), one desirous of having more, covetous: 1Co.5:10-11 6:10 Eph.5:5.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Corinthians 5:10 Noun Dative Plural Masculine
πλεονέκταις, pleonektaiv
a covetous person
Read verse 1 Corinthians 5:11 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
πλεονέκτης, pleonekthv
a covetous person
Read verse 1 Corinthians 6:10 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
πλεονέκται, pleonektai
a covetous person
Read verse Ephesians 5:5 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
πλεονέκτης, pleonekthv
a covetous person
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine 1 Cor 5:11 · Eph 5:5 2×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 6:10 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 5:10 1×
Word Origins
πλεονέκτης is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain