Strong’s G4122 · Greek
πλεονεκτέω
pleonektéō · pleh-on-cek-teh'-o
Origin from πλεονέκτης (G4123);
Meaning to be covetous, i.e. (by implication) to over-reach
In the King James Version get an advantage, defraud, make a gain.
In 5 verses of the King James Version
- 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.