Pleonekteo means “be covetous” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4122 — mahershalalchashbaz in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4122 πλεονεκτέω (pleonekteo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. pleonekteo (pleh-on-ek-teh'-o) v. 1. to be covetous 2. (by implication) to over-reach It has 8 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include make, get, defrauded, and defraud. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
pleonekteo (pleh-on-ek-teh'-o) v. 1. to be covetous 2. (by implication) to over-reach [from G4123] KJV: get an advantage, defraud, make a gain Root(s): G4123
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4122. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to exploit
Usage: πλεονεκτέω, -ῶ (πλεονέκτης, which see), [in LXX: Hab.2:9, Eze.22:27 (בָּצַע), Jdg.4:11 B* ;] __1. intrans., to have more, to have an advantage (cl., with genitive of person(s)). __2. Trans., in late writers (see M, Pr., 65), to overreach, defraud: with accusative of person(s), 2Co.7:2 12:17-18; ἐν τ. πράγματιι, 1Th.4:6 (see M, Th., in l); pass., 2Co.2:11 (as also in cl.; see LS, see word).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render pleonekteo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4122 (πλεονεκτέω) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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5 indexed usages in New Testament.
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Heber the Kenite had removed from Caina, from the sons of Jobab the father-in-law of Moses, and pitched his tent by the oak of the covetous ones, which is near Kedesh.
Her princes in the midst of her are as wolves ravening to shed blood, that they may get dishonest gain.
Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evils.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4122.
And Heber the Kenite had removed from Caina, from the sons of Jobab the father-in-law of Moses, and pitched his tent by the oak of the covetous ones, which is near Kedesh.
Her princes in the midst of her are as wolves ravening to shed blood, that they may get dishonest gain.
Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evils.
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4122, grouped by book.
Pleonekteo (Strong's G4122) is a Greek word most simply glossed "be covetous". pleonekteo (pleh-on-ek-teh'-o) v. 1. to be covetous 2. (by implication) to over-reach
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's G4122 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4122 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as make, get, defrauded, and defraud. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G4122, with linked reader references where each row is available.