Pleonexia means “greediness” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4124 — moab in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4124 πλεονεξία (pleonexia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. pleonexia (pleh-on-ex-ee'-ah) n. 1. avarice 2. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion It has 17 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include greediness and covetous. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
pleonexia (pleh-on-ex-ee'-ah) n. 1. avarice 2. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion [from G4123] KJV: covetous(-ness) practices, greediness Root(s): G4123
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4124. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
greediness
Usage: πλεονεξία, -ας, ἡ (πλεονέκτης), [in LXX for בֶּצַע ;] the character and conduct of a πλεονέκτης. __1. advantage. __2. desire for advantage, grasping, aggression, cupidity, covetousness: Luk.12:15, Rom.1:29, 2Co.9:5, Eph.4:19 (see ICC, in l) Eph.5:3, Col.3:5, 1Th.2:5, 2Pe.2:3 2:14; pl. (see Bl., § 32, 6), Mrk.7:22.† SYN.: φιλαργυρία, avarice (see Tr., Syn., § xxiv) (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render pleonexia, 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, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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 G4124 (πλεονεξία) appears 7 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
10 indexed usages in New Testament.
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
5 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Incline my heart to thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.
A curse shall devour this counsel, for this is their counsel for the sake of covetousness.
Behold, thine eyes are not good, nor thy heart, but they go after thy covetousness, and after the innocent blood to shed it, and after acts of injustice and slaughter, to commit them.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And so through the covetousness of them that were of power Menelaus remained still in authority, increasing in malice, and being a great traitor to the citizens.
In the covetousness of such as oppressed him she stood by him, And made him rich.
First 17 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4124.
Incline my heart to thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.
A curse shall devour this counsel, for this is their counsel for the sake of covetousness.
Behold, thine eyes are not good, nor thy heart, but they go after thy covetousness, and after the innocent blood to shed it, and after acts of injustice and slaughter, to commit them.
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.
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
And so through the covetousness of them that were of power Menelaus remained still in authority, increasing in malice, and being a great traitor to the citizens.
In the covetousness of such as oppressed him she stood by him, And made him rich.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4124, grouped by book.
Pleonexia (Strong's G4124) is a Greek word most simply glossed "greediness". pleonexia (pleh-on-ex-ee'-ah) n. 1. avarice 2. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion
This page currently indexes 17 linked usages for Strong's G4124 across 15 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4124 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as greediness and covetous. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 5 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4124, with linked reader references where each row is available.