πλουτέω plouteō

Greek word for “be rich” · Strong’s G4147 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

πλουτέω, -ῶ; to be rich, aor., to become rich:;

How it is translated

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

• rich 3
• enriched 2
• those being rich 1
• being rich 1
• have been enriched 1
• may be enriched 1
• have grown rich 1
• may be rich 1
• having been enriched 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 18 (3), 1 Timothy 6 (2), Revelation 3 (2), Luke 1 (1), Luke 12 (1), Romans 10 (1), 1 Corinthians 4 (1), 2 Corinthians 8 (1)

Forms

• πλουτῶν 2
• πλουτεῖν 2
• ἐπλούτησαν 2
• πλουτοῦντας 1
• ἐπλουτήσατε 1
• πλουτήσητε 1
• πεπλούτηκα 1
• πλουτήσῃς 1
• πλουτήσαντες 1

Words used with it

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

• ἔμπορος emporos “trader/merchant” 2
• πενθέω pentheō “to mourn” 2
• πλούσιος plousios “rich” 2
• κλαίω klaiō “to weep” 2

Key verses

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

• Luke 1:53 — He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
• Luke 12:21 — So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
• Romans 10:12 — For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
• 1 Corinthians 4:8 — Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
• 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.
• 1 Timothy 6:9 — But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
• 1 Timothy 6:18 — That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
• 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 3:18 — I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy…
• Revelation 18:3 — For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of…
• Revelation 18:15 — The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
• Revelation 18:19 — And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by…

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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.