πλεονεξία

Noun

pleonexia · greediness

Search morphology

Strong's ID: 4124

Lexical summary

10

NT occurrences

5

Observed forms

About this Greek word

Some advantage which one possesses over another; an inordinate desire of riches, covetousness, Lk. 12:15; grasping, overreaching, extortion, Rom. 1:29; 1 Thess. 2:5; a gift exacted by importunity and conferred with grudging, a hard-wrung gift, 2 Cor. 9:5; a scheme of extortion, Mk. 7:22

Observed NT forms

These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.

Noun declension

Noun declension, grouped by number and case
NumberCaseFeminineReferences
SingularNominative
Ephesians 5:3
Genitive
Luke 12:15
Dative
Romans 1:29
Accusative
2 Corinthians 9:5
Vocative——
PluralNominative
Mark 7:22
Genitive——
Dative——
Accusative——
Vocative——

NT distribution

NT Book

πλεονεξία

Book distribution counts: 2 Peter: 2 occurrences; Ephesians: 2 occurrences; Luke: 1 occurrences; Mark: 1 occurrences; Romans: 1 occurrences; Colossians: 1 occurrences; 2 Corinthians: 1 occurrences; 1 Thessalonians: 1 occurrences

Author

πλεονεξία
  • Paul6
  • Peter2
  • Luke1
  • Mark1

Author distribution counts: Paul: 6 occurrences; Peter: 2 occurrences; Luke: 1 occurrences; Mark: 1 occurrences