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ploutéō

be rich

Say it: ploo-TEH-o (approximate)

πλουτέω

What it means

To be rich, to become rich. In 6:9, "those who are determined to be rich"; in Luke 1:53, the Lord sends the rich away empty; in 2 Corinthians 8:9, Christ "became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich."

Range of meaning

  • Be richHave wealth.
  • Become richGrow wealthy.

In 1 Timothy

  • Chapter 6

    "Those who are determined to be rich" (6:9).

Every verse (2)

Verses where G4147 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources