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Strong's #4123 - πλεονέκτης
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- one eager to have more, esp. what belongs to others
- greedy of gain, covetous
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πλεονέκτ-ης, ου, ὁ,
= ὁ πλέον ἔχων, one who has or claims more than his due, greedy, grasping, Th. 1.40, etc.: as Adj. λόγος π. a greedy, arrogant speech, Hdt. 7.158: Sup. πλεονεκτίστατος X. Mem. 1.2.12 .
2. ἐν παντὶ πλεονέκτην τῶν πολεμίων making gain from their losses, Id. Cyr. 1.6.27 .
3. metaph. in Math., of τὸ ὑπερτελές, Iamb. in Nic. p.32 P.
πλεονέκτης, πλεονέκτου, ὁ (πλέον and ἔχω);
1. one eager to have more, especially what belongs to others ((Thucydides 1, 40, 1 (cf. Herodotus 7, 158)); Xenophon, mem. 1, 5, 3);
2. greedy of gain, covetous: 1 Corinthians 5:10, 11; 1 Corinthians 6:10; Ephesians 5:5; Sir. 14:9.
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** πλεονέκτης , -ον , ὁ
(< πλέον , ἔχω ),
[in LXX: Sirach 14:9*;]
= ὁ θέλων πλέον ἔχειν (v. MM, xx),
one desirous of having more, covetous: 1 Corinthians 5:10-11; 1 Corinthians 6:10 Ephesians 5:5.†
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