πλεονέκτης
pleonéktēs
“holding (desiring) more, i.e. eager for gain (avaricious, hence a defrauder)”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
holding (desiring) more, i.e. eager for gain (avaricious, hence a defrauder)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
one who has or claims to have more than his share; a covetous, avaricious person, one who defrauds for the sake of gain, 1 Cor. 5:10, 11; 6:10; Eph. 5:5*
Translated in KJV as
covetous
Etymology
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“For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.”