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Koine Greek wordlink #133636

SR GNT Col 3:5 πλεονεξίαν (pleonexian) ‘desire evil and greediness which is idolatry’ Strongs=41240 Lemma=pleonexia
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=64 AD Referred to from Word #133637 Referred to from Word #133664

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Other uses (1) of identical word form πλεονεξίαν (N-AFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘πλεονεξίαν’ (N-AFS) is always and only glossed as ‘greediness’.

2 Cor 9:5 ‘and not as greediness’ SR GNT 2 Cor 9:5 word 29

OET-LV: 5 Therefore necessary I _considered it to _exhort the brothers, in _order _that they _may _go _ahead to you _all and they _may _prearrange the having _previously _promised blessing of _you _all, this ready to _be thus as a_blessing, and not as greediness. (CO2_9:5)

OET-RV: 5 That’s why I considered it necessary to encourage the brothers to go ahead to you all there so they could prearrange the gift that you’d previously promised so that it would be ready as a blessing and not appear as our greediness. (CO2 9:5)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘pleonexia’ have 3 different glosses: ‘for greediness’, ‘in greediness’, ‘greediness’.

Greek words (8) other than πλεονεξίαν (N-AFS) with a gloss related to ‘greediness’

MARK 7:22 πλεονεξίαι (pleonexiai) N-NFP ‘greediness wickedness deceit wantonness’ SR GNT Mark 7:22 word 2

OET-LV: 22 greediness, wickedness, deceit, wantonness, eyeing evil, slander, pride, foolishness. (MRK_7:22)

OET-RV: 21-22 21-22That’s because evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, lust, slander, pride, and foolishness all come from inside people’s hearts and minds. (MRK 7:22)

LUKE 12:15 πλεονεξίας (pleonexias) N-GFS ‘be keeping from all greediness because not in’ SR GNT Luke 12:15 word 11

OET-LV: 15 And he _said to them: Be _watching and be _keeping from all greediness, because the life of _him is not in the thing to _be _being _plentiful to _anyone, of the things possessing to _him. (LUK_12:15)

OET-RV: 15 Then he told them, “Keep alert to avoid all greediness, because a person’s life is not about gaining lots of possessions.” (LUK 12:15)

ROM 1:29 πλεονεξίᾳ (pleonexia) N-DFS ‘with all unrighteousness wickedness greediness malice full of envy’ SR GNT Rom 1:29 word 8

OET-LV: 29 having _been _filled with _all unrighteousness, wickedness, greediness, malice, full of _envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness, gossips, (ROM_1:29)

OET-RV: 29 and so they were filled with disobedience, wickedness, greediness, and malice, and full of envy, murder, strife, and deceit, becoming malicious, gossips, (ROM 1:29)

EPH 4:19 πλεονεξίᾳ (pleonexia) N-DFS ‘of impurity all with greediness’ SR GNT Eph 4:19 word 13

OET-LV: 19 who having _languished, gave_ themselves _over to_ the _wantonness for the_working of _impurity all with greediness. (EPH_4:19)

OET-RV: 19 They stopped caring about what’s right and wrong, and then greedily indulged themselves in their own impure lusts. (EPH 4:19)

EPH 5:3 πλεονεξία (pleonexia) N-NFS ‘impurity all or greediness not it let_be_being named among’ SR GNT Eph 5:3 word 8

OET-LV: 3 But sexual _immorality, and all impurity, or greediness, not it _let _be _being _named among you _all, as is _befitting to _holy ones, (EPH_5:3)

OET-RV: 3 It’s fitting for dedicated believers to not even entertain thoughts of sexual immorality or impurity or greed. (EPH 5:3)

1 TH 2:5 πλεονεξίας (pleonexias) N-GFS ‘nor with a under_pretense for greediness god is witness’ SR GNT 1 Th 2:5 word 13

OET-LV: 5 For/Because neither once with message of _flattery we _were _become, as you _all _have _known, nor with a_under _pretense for _greediness (god is witness) (TH1_2:5)

OET-RV: 5 As you all know, we never once came with a message of flattery, nor did we come under any pretenses (God is our witness) trying to get anything from you, (TH1 2:5)

2 PET 2:3 πλεονεξίᾳ (pleonexia) N-DFS ‘and in greediness with fabricated messages you_all’ SR GNT 2 Pet 2:3 word 3

OET-LV: 3 And in greediness they _will _be _merchandising you _all with _fabricated messages, for _whom the judgement anciently is_ not _idling, and the destruction of _them is_ not _nodding _off. (PE2_2:3)

OET-RV: 3 They will exploit you with greed and made-up words but the judgement of old won’t be idle and their destroyer won’t be sleeping. (PE2 2:3)

2 PET 2:14 πλεονεξίας (pleonexias) N-GFS ‘unstable a heart having_been trained in greediness having of a curse children’ SR GNT 2 Pet 2:14 word 14

OET-LV: 14 having eyes full of _adulteress, and unceasing from _sin, enticing unstable souls, having a_heart having _been _trained in _greediness, children of_a_curse, (PE2_2:14)

OET-RV: 14 Their eyes are full of lust for adultery and never cease to sin, and having trained their hearts in greed they entice unstable people to become their cursed offspring. (PE2 2:14)

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular DFS=dative,feminine,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular NFP=nominative,feminine,plural NFS=nominative,feminine,singular