UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: πλούσιος · πλουσίως · πλουτίζω · πλοῦτος

Sense 1: to be rich, to be wealthy, well-todo

Semantic entry: 57.25

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Be Rich, Be Wealthy

Definition: to have considerably more than what would be regarded as the norm in a society

Show passage in OET: LUK 1:53

OET-RV LUK 1:53

53 Those who are hungry, he fills with good things,
⇔ but those who are rich, he sends away empty handed.

OET-LV LUK 1:53

53 He _filled hungering ones with _good things, and he _sent _away being _rich ones empty-handed.

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Sense 2: to become rich, to become wealthy, to prosper

Semantic entry: 57.28

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Be Rich, Be Wealthy

Definition: to prosper to the point of being rich

Notes: In some instances it may be useful to translate ‘to become wealthy’ as ‘he soon possessed much’ or even ‘he was no longer poor, but rich.’ By introducing ‘poor’ in contrast with ‘rich,’ one may identify a change of state.

Show passage in OET: LUK 12:21

OET-RV LUK 12:21

21 “So that’s the end of someone who accumulated so much for himself, but wasn’t rich in God’s eyes.”

OET-LV LUK 12:21

21 Thus the one storing _up for _himself and not being _rich toward god.

Show passage in OET: CO1 4:8

OET-RV CO1 4:8

8 Are you all full already? Have you all already become rich? You think you’re kings already, and don’t need us—I wish you all were really reigning as kings, so we could reign with you,

OET-LV CO1 4:8

8 Already having _been _satiated you _all _are, already you _all _became _rich, apart _from us you _all _reigned, and I _wish surely you _all _reigned, in _order _that also we with _you _all may _reign _with.

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All 9 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: OET LUK 12:21

CO1: OET CO1 4:8

CO2: OET CO2 8:9

TI1: OET TI1 6:9

REV: OET REV 3:17–18 · OET REV 18:3 · OET REV 18:15 · OET REV 18:19

Sense 3: to be generous, to give of one’s wealth

Semantic entry: 57.104

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Give

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of πλουτέω [source selector 000001][b] ‘to become rich,’ 57.28: πλουτέω) to give generously of one’s wealth

Show passage in OET: ROM 10:12

OET-RV ROM 10:12