Strong G4122πλεονεκτέω
to exploit
- Transliteration
- pleonekteō
- Pronunciation
- pleh-on-ek-teh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G4123; to be covetous that is (by implication) to over reach: - get an advantage defraud make a gain.
Detailed definition
πλεονεκτέω, -ῶ
(πλεονέκτης, which see), [in LXX: Hab.2:9, Eze.22:27 (בָּצַע), Jdg.4:11 B*;]
1. intrans., to have more, to have an advantage (cl., with genitive of person(s)).
2. Trans., in late writers (see M, Pr., 65), to overreach, defraud: with accusative of person(s), 2Co.7:2 12:17-18; ἐν τ. πράγματιι, 1Th.4:6 (see M, Th., in l); pass., 2Co.2:11 (as also in cl.; see LS, see word).†
(AS)
(πλεονέκτης, which see), [in LXX: Hab.2:9, Eze.22:27 (בָּצַע), Jdg.4:11 B*;]
1. intrans., to have more, to have an advantage (cl., with genitive of person(s)).
2. Trans., in late writers (see M, Pr., 65), to overreach, defraud: with accusative of person(s), 2Co.7:2 12:17-18; ἐν τ. πράγματιι, 1Th.4:6 (see M, Th., in l); pass., 2Co.2:11 (as also in cl.; see LS, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4122 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- defraud2
- gain1
- get1
- make1
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 2:11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
- 2 Corinthians 7:2Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
- 2 Corinthians 12:17Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
- 2 Corinthians 12:18I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πλεονεκτ-έω,
future -ήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.62, etc. (πλέον ἐκτήσεται should be read in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 192e))]:—Prose Verb, have or claim more than one's due, mostly in bad sense, to be greedy, grasping, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.112, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.21, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 483c, etc.)]
2 also, gain or have some advantage, without any bad sense, δυνάμει τινὶ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.62, compare 86)]; opposed to ἐλαττοῦσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1360a3; πολὺ ἐπλεονέκτει ὁ Πελοπίδας παρὰ τῷ Πέρσῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.34: _absolutely_, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1402b25, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.46; π. ἀπὸ τῶν μὴ καθηκόντων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.56.2: frequently with _neuter_ _pronoun_, π. ταῦτα, etc., 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.61, etc.)]
3 with genitive of things, have or claim a larger share of than others, τῶν ὠφελίμων [Refs ([prev. author] 6.39)]; τοῦ ἡλίου, τοῦ ψύχους, τῶν πόνων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.25, compare “Oec.” 7.26)]; δόξης, χάριτος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1136b22, 1137a1.)]
II with genitive person, have or gain the advantage over, τῶν ἐχθρῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 362b, compare 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Lycophrone” 8, etc.; παρά τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.32 (variant); παρ᾽ ἀλλήλων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292b19)]; τινι in a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.21, etc.; κατά τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 15a; περί τι [prev. author] “La.” 183a)]; also π. τῶν νόμων gain at the expense of the laws, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 691a)]; τῆς ὑμετέρας π. εὐηθείας take advantage of your simpleness, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 24.)]
II.2 later with accusative person, get or have the advantage over, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 9.7, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marcellus” 29, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 27)]: usually in bad sense, overreach, defraud, πλεονεκτεῖν μηδένα [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 259, cf. NT.1Thes.4.6, NT.2Cor.7.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 17.8, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 52.37)]: in early writers only passive in this sense, ὑπό τινων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.2)]; πλεονεκτεῖσθαι χιλίαις δραχμαῖς to be defrauded in or of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1, 000 drachmae, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 41.25. In 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77 πλεονεκτεῖσθαι)] is impersonal, to be an act of πλεονεξία.
II.3 passive, to be surpassed, excelled, τινι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus “Abhandlungen der Göttinger Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Phil.-hist. Klasse)” 173.5.)]
future -ήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.62, etc. (πλέον ἐκτήσεται should be read in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 192e))]:—Prose Verb, have or claim more than one's due, mostly in bad sense, to be greedy, grasping, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.112, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.21, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 483c, etc.)]
2 also, gain or have some advantage, without any bad sense, δυνάμει τινὶ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.62, compare 86)]; opposed to ἐλαττοῦσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1360a3; πολὺ ἐπλεονέκτει ὁ Πελοπίδας παρὰ τῷ Πέρσῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.34: _absolutely_, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1402b25, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.46; π. ἀπὸ τῶν μὴ καθηκόντων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.56.2: frequently with _neuter_ _pronoun_, π. ταῦτα, etc., 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.61, etc.)]
3 with genitive of things, have or claim a larger share of than others, τῶν ὠφελίμων [Refs ([prev. author] 6.39)]; τοῦ ἡλίου, τοῦ ψύχους, τῶν πόνων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.25, compare “Oec.” 7.26)]; δόξης, χάριτος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1136b22, 1137a1.)]
II with genitive person, have or gain the advantage over, τῶν ἐχθρῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 362b, compare 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Lycophrone” 8, etc.; παρά τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.32 (variant); παρ᾽ ἀλλήλων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292b19)]; τινι in a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.21, etc.; κατά τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 15a; περί τι [prev. author] “La.” 183a)]; also π. τῶν νόμων gain at the expense of the laws, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 691a)]; τῆς ὑμετέρας π. εὐηθείας take advantage of your simpleness, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 24.)]
II.2 later with accusative person, get or have the advantage over, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 9.7, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marcellus” 29, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 27)]: usually in bad sense, overreach, defraud, πλεονεκτεῖν μηδένα [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 259, cf. NT.1Thes.4.6, NT.2Cor.7.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 17.8, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 52.37)]: in early writers only passive in this sense, ὑπό τινων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.2)]; πλεονεκτεῖσθαι χιλίαις δραχμαῖς to be defrauded in or of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1, 000 drachmae, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 41.25. In 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77 πλεονεκτεῖσθαι)] is impersonal, to be an act of πλεονεξία.
II.3 passive, to be surpassed, excelled, τινι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus “Abhandlungen der Göttinger Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften (Phil.-hist. Klasse)” 173.5.)]