Plouteo means “be increased with goods” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4147 — mocer (“band”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4147 πλουτέω (plouteo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. plouteo (plou-teh'-o) v. 1. to be (or become) wealthy {literally or figuratively} It has 25 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include rich, good, made, increased, and waxed. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
plouteo (plou-teh'-o) v. 1. to be (or become) wealthy {literally or figuratively} [from G4148] KJV: be increased with goods, (be made, wax) rich Root(s): G4148
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4147. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
be rich
Usage: πλουτέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for עָשַׁר hi. ;] to be rich, aor., to become rich: Luk.1:53, 1Ti.6:9; before ἀπό (Sir.11:18), Rev.18:15; ἐκ, Rev.18:3, 19; ἐν (= cl., with genitive, dative, accusative, cf. πλούσιος), 1Ti.6:18. Metaphorical, π. εἰς θεόν, Luk.12:21; of God, εἰς πάντας, Rom.10:12; aor., I became rich, 1Co.4:8, 2Co.8:9, Rev.3:18; pf., I have become rich, Rev.3:17.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render plouteo, 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, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. 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 G4147 (πλουτέω) appears 13 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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12 indexed usages in New Testament.
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
10 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the man became very rich, and he had many cattle, and oxen, and servants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half didrachma in giving the offering to the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.
Fear not when a man is enriched, And when the glory of his house is increased.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And the residue, that dwelt at Bethulia, fell upon the camp of Assyria, and spoiled them, and were greatly enriched.
There is that waxeth rich by his wariness and pinching, And this is the portion of his reward:
1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.
Woe to you who acquire silver and gold in unrighteousness and say: " We have become rich with riches and have possessions; And have acquired everything we have desired.
First 25 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4147.
And the man became very rich, and he had many cattle, and oxen, and servants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half didrachma in giving the offering to the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.
Fear not when a man is enriched, And when the glory of his house is increased.
And her kindness to them sets up her children for them, and they grow rich, And her husband praises her.
The sleep of a servant is sweet, Whether he eat little or much: But to one who is satiated with wealth, There is none that suffers him to sleep.
As a snare which has been set is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore have they grown great, and become rich:
And now I will tell thee the truth. Behold, there shall yet rise up three kings in Persia: and the fourth shall be very far richer than all: and after that he is master of his wealth, he shall rise up against all the kingdoms of the Greeks.
And Ephraim said, Nevertheless I am rich, I have found refreshment to myself. None of his labors shall be found available to him, by reason of the sins which he has committed.
which their possessors have slain, and have not repented: and they that sold them said, Blessed be the Lord; for we have become rich: and their shepherds have suffered no sorrow for them.
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
And the residue, that dwelt at Bethulia, fell upon the camp of Assyria, and spoiled them, and were greatly enriched.
There is that waxeth rich by his wariness and pinching, And this is the portion of his reward:
Woe to you who acquire silver and gold in unrighteousness and say: " We have become rich with riches and have possessions; And have acquired everything we have desired.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4147, grouped by book.
Plouteo (Strong's G4147) is a Greek word most simply glossed "be increased with goods". plouteo (plou-teh'-o) v. 1. to be (or become) wealthy {literally or figuratively}
This page currently indexes 25 linked usages for Strong's G4147 across 18 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4147 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as rich, good, made, increased, and waxed. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 10 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G4147, with linked reader references where each row is available.