UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πλεονεξία

MainId: 004028000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: π

StrongCodes: G4124

Notes: {'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': ['04700900500052'], 'Content': 'Though in {S:04700900500052} one may translate μὴ ὡς πλεονεξίαν as ‘not because you are being taken advantage of,’ the meaning of πλεονεξία is essentially active and may also be rendered as ‘not because someone is exploiting you.’'}

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 004028001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: πλεονεξία
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ας
Constructs: {'Lemma': 'πλεονεξία', 'BaseFormIndex': 1, 'WordMeaningSets': [{'Word': 'πλεονάζω', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'ἔχω', 'Meanings': []}]}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 004028001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 25.22
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Attitudes and Emotions
  LEXSubDomains: Desire Strongly
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-12-27 14:55:50
    DefinitionShort: a strong desire to acquire more and more material possessions or to possess more things than other people have, all irrespective of need
    Glosses: ['greed', 'avarice', 'covetousness']
  LEXReferences: LUKE 12:15, ROM 1:29, EPH 4:19, EPH 5:3, COL 3:5, 1TH 2:5, 2PET 2:3, 2PET 2:14
2. LEXID: 004028001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 88.144
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior
  LEXSubDomains: Exploit
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-12-27 14:55:50
    DefinitionShort: to take advantage of someone, usually as the result of a motivation of greed
    Glosses: ['to take advantage of', 'to exploit', 'exploitation']
    Comments: It is also possible to understand πλεονεξία in {S:04700900500052} as referring to ‘compulsion.’
  LEXReferences: MARK 7:22, 2COR 9:5, 1TH 2:5