πλούσιος plousios

Greek word for “rich” · Strong’s G4145 · used 28 times in 28 verses

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Meaning

πλούσιος, -α, -ον; (πλοῦτος);

How it is translated

Glosses given for plousios in context, with how often each is used:

• rich 21
• rich man 7

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 16 (4), Matthew 19 (2), Luke 18 (2), James 1 (2), James 2 (2), Matthew 27 (1), Mark 10 (1), Mark 12 (1), Luke 6 (1), Luke 12 (1)

Forms

• πλούσιος 12
• πλούσιοι 4
• πλουσίους 4
• πλούσιον 3
• πλουσίοις 2
• πλουσίου 2
• πλούσιός 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with plousios more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πτωχός ptōchos “poor” 5
• κάμηλος kamēlos “camel” 3
• εὐκοπώτερος eukopōteros “easy” 3
• βασιλεία basileia “kingdom” 5
• ἤ ē “or” 5
• ῥαφίς rhaphis “needle” 2
• πτωχεία ptōcheia “poverty” 2
• ἄνθος anthos “flower” 2
• γαζοφυλάκιον gazophulakion “treasury” 2
• εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai “to enter” 4
• πλουτέω plouteō “be rich” 2
• χόρτος chortos “grass” 2

Key verses

The verses using plousios that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 16:19 — There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
• Luke 16:22 — And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
• 2 Corinthians 8:9 — For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
• Ephesians 2:4 — But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
• 1 Timothy 6:17 — Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to…
• James 1:10 — But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
• James 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• James 2:6 — But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
• James 5:1 — Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
• Revelation 2:9 — I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the…
• Revelation 3:17 — Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind,…
• Revelation 6:15 — And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.