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It is a form of idolatry, where material possessions or desires take precedence over God. This term is often associated with moral corruption and is considered a serious sin that leads to various forms of unrighteousness.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the pursuit of wealth and material gain was common, and greed was often seen as a vice that disrupted social harmony. The New Testament writers, influenced by Jewish teachings, viewed pleonexia as contrary to the values of the Kingdom of God, which emphasized contentment, generosity, and trust in God's provision.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>4124</b> <i>pleoneksía</i> (a feminine noun derived from <a href="/greek/4119.htm">4119</a> <i>/pleíōn</i>, "<i>numerically</i> more" and <a href="/greek/2192.htm">2192</a> <i>/éxō</i>, "have") – properly, the desire for <i>more </i>(<i>things</i>), i.e. lusting for a greater <i>number</i> of <i>temporal</i> things that go beyond what God determines is <i>eternally</i> best (<i>beyond</i> His preferred-will, cf. <a href="/greek/2307.htm">2307</a> <i>/thélēma</i>); <i>covetousness</i> (coveting). </p><p class="discovery"><a href="/greek/4124.htm">4124</a> <i>/pleoneksía</i> (a feminine noun) points to a <i>brand</i> of covetousness, defined by the context.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/4123.htm">pleonektés</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>advantage, covetousness<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>covetousness (1), deeds of coveting (1), greed (7), greediness (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4124: πλεονεξία</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">πλεονεξία</span></span>, <span class="greek2">πλεονεξίας</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">πλεονέκτης</span>, which see), <span class="accented">greedy desire to have more, covetousness, avarice</span>: <a href="/interlinear/luke/12-15.htm">Luke 12:15</a>; <a href="/interlinear/romans/1-29.htm">Romans 1:29</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/4-19.htm">Ephesians 4:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5-3.htm">Ephesians 5:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/2-5.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_peter/2-3.htm">2 Peter 2:3</a> (on the omission of the article in the last two passages, cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 120 (114)), 14; <span class="greek2">ὡς</span> (<span class="manuref">Rec.</span> <span class="greek2">ὥσπερ</span>) <span class="greek2">πλεονεξίαν</span> (as a matter of covetousness), i. e. a gift which betrays the giver's covetousness, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/9-5.htm">2 Corinthians 9:5</a> (here <span class="abbreviation">R. V.</span> text <span class="accented">extortion</span>); plural various modes in which covetousness shows itself, <span class="accented">covetings</span> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 27, 3; <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 77 (67)), <a href="/interlinear/mark/7-22.htm">Mark 7:22</a>. (In the same and various other senses by secular writings from <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> and <span class="abbreviation">Thucydides</span> down.) (<span class="abbreviation">Trench</span>, N. T. Synonyms, § xxiv., and (in partial correction) <span class="abbreviation">Lightfoot</span>'s Commentary on <a href="/interlinear/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5</a>.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>covetousness, greediness. <p>From <a href="/greek/4123.htm">pleonektes</a>; avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion -- covetous(-ness) practices, greediness. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4123.htm">pleonektes</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>πλεονεξια πλεονεξία πλεονεξίᾳ πλεονεξιαι πλεονεξίαι πλεονεξιαν πλεονεξίαν πλεονεξιας πλεονεξίας pleonexia pleonexía pleonexiai pleonexíai pleonexíāi pleonexian pleonexían pleonexias pleonexías<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/mark/7-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 7:22</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural">N-NFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3"><b>πλεονεξίαι</b> πονηρίαι δόλος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">deeds of coveting</span> [and] wickedness,<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Thefts, <span class="itali">covetousness,</span> wickedness,<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/7-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">covetous desires</span> wickednesses deceit<p><b><a href="/text/luke/12-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 12:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀπὸ πάσης <b>πλεονεξίας</b> ὅτι οὐκ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> every form <span class="itali">of greed;</span> for not [even] when<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> beware of <span class="itali">covetousness:</span> for a man's<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/12-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> from all <span class="itali">covetousness</span> for not<p><b><a href="/text/romans/1-29.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 1:29</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀδικίᾳ πονηρίᾳ <b>πλεονεξίᾳ</b> κακίᾳ μεστοὺς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> wickedness, <span class="itali">greed,</span> evil;<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> wickedness, <span class="itali">covetousness,</span> maliciousness;<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1-29.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> unrighteousness wickedness <span class="itali">covetousness</span> malice full<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/9-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 9:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μὴ ὡς <b>πλεονεξίαν</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and not affected <span class="itali">by covetousness.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> not as <span class="itali">[of] covetousness.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/9-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> not as <span class="itali">[of] covetousness</span><p><b><a href="/text/ephesians/4-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ephesians 4:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πάσης ἐν <b>πλεονεξίᾳ</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ephesians/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of impurity <span class="itali">with greediness.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/ephesians/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> uncleanness with <span class="itali">greediness.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/4-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> all with <span class="itali">craving</span><p><b><a href="/text/ephesians/5-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ephesians 5:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πᾶσα ἢ <b>πλεονεξία</b> μηδὲ ὀνομαζέσθω</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ephesians/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> or <span class="itali">greed</span> must not even<br><a href="/kjvs/ephesians/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> or <span class="itali">covetousness,</span> let it<br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> all or <span class="itali">covetousness</span> not even let it be named<p><b><a href="/text/colossians/3-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Colossians 3:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ τὴν <b>πλεονεξίαν</b> ἥτις ἐστὶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/colossians/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> evil desire, <span class="itali">and greed,</span> which amounts<br><a href="/kjvs/colossians/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">covetousness,</span> which<br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/3-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and <span class="itali">covetousness</span> which is<p><b><a href="/text/1_thessalonians/2-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Thessalonians 2:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν προφάσει <b>πλεονεξίας</b> θεὸς μάρτυς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_thessalonians/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with a pretext <span class="itali">for greed--</span> God<br><a href="/kjvs/1_thessalonians/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a cloke <span class="itali">of covetousness;</span> God<br><a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/2-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> with a pretext <span class="itali">of covetousness</span> God [is] witness<p><b><a href="/text/2_peter/2-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Peter 2:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Feminine Singular">N-DFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_peter/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ἐν <b>πλεονεξίᾳ</b> πλαστοῖς λόγοις</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_peter/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">and in [their] greed</span> they will exploit<br><a href="/kjvs/2_peter/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> through <span class="itali">covetousness</span> shall they with feigned<br><a href="/interlinear/2_peter/2-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> And through <span class="itali">covetousness</span> with well-turned words<p><b><a href="/text/2_peter/2-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Peter 2:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_peter/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καρδίαν γεγυμνασμένην <b>πλεονεξίας</b> ἔχοντες κατάρας</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_peter/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> trained <span class="itali">in greed,</span> accursed<br><a href="/kjvs/2_peter/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> exercised <span class="itali">with covetous practices;</span> cursed<br><a href="/interlinear/2_peter/2-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> a heart exercised <span class="itali">in craving</span> having of curse<p><b><a href="/greek/4124.htm">Strong's Greek 4124</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4124.htm">10 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/pleonexia_4124.htm">πλεονεξίᾳ — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pleonexiai_4124.htm">πλεονεξίαι — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pleonexian_4124.htm">πλεονεξίαν — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pleonexias_4124.htm">πλεονεξίας — 3 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/4123.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4123"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4123" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4125.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4125"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4125" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>