Strong G4131πλήκτης
bully
- Transliteration
- plēktēs
- Pronunciation
- plake'-tace
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G4141; a smiter that is pugnacious (quarrelsome): - striker.
Detailed definition
πλήκτης, -ου, ὁ
(πλήσσω), [in Sm.: Psa.35:15 *;]
a striker, brawler: 1Ti.3:3, Tit.1:7 (Arist., Plut., al.).†
(AS)
(πλήσσω), [in Sm.: Psa.35:15 *;]
a striker, brawler: 1Ti.3:3, Tit.1:7 (Arist., Plut., al.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4131 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- striker2
First verses
- 1 Timothy 3:3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
- Titus 1:7For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πλήκ-της, ου, ὁ,
striker, brawler, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 19 (_plural_, see l. πρῆκται), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Eudemia” 1221b14, NT.1Tim.3.3)]; violent, fierce, ἄνδρες π. καὶ μάχιμοι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Dio” 30, compare “Phil.” 9)]; of wine, π. καὶ ὀξύς [Refs ([prev. author] 2.132d)]; of the sun, [Refs ([prev. work]920c, compare 653f: _superlative_ πληκτίστατος 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1441.26, “Etymologicum Magnum” 31.16.)]
striker, brawler, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 19 (_plural_, see l. πρῆκται), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Eudemia” 1221b14, NT.1Tim.3.3)]; violent, fierce, ἄνδρες π. καὶ μάχιμοι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Dio” 30, compare “Phil.” 9)]; of wine, π. καὶ ὀξύς [Refs ([prev. author] 2.132d)]; of the sun, [Refs ([prev. work]920c, compare 653f: _superlative_ πληκτίστατος 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1441.26, “Etymologicum Magnum” 31.16.)]