Word study · Greek

pleonexia

greed, covetousness

Say it: pleh-on-ex-EE-ah (approximate)

πλεονεξία

What it means

Greed, wanting more. "Or covetousness" (5:3, 5:5; 4:19).

Range of meaning

  • GreedThe desire for more.
  • CovetousnessWanting what is another's.

In Ephesians

Every verse (2)

Verses where G4124 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources