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Strong's #4149 - πλοῦτος
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πλοῦτος, ὁ,
wealth, riches, ἄφενος καὶ πλοῦτον ἀφύξειν Il. 1.171; ὄλβῳ τε πλούτῳ τε 16.596; π. ἀρεταῖς δεδαιδαλμένος Pi. O. 2.53; opp. πενία, Pl. R. 421d; ἀνατετροφέναι πλοῦτον And. 1.131: pl., τῶν γὰρ π. ὁδ' ἄριστος treasures, E. Fr. 137 (anap.); πλούτοις καὶ πενίαις Pl. R. 618b; γένη καὶ πλοῦτοι Id. Grg. 523c, cf. Prt. 354b, etc.: c. gen. rei, π. ἀργύρου, χρυσοῦ, treasure of silver or gold, Hdt. 2.121 . ά, Anacreont. 34.1; οὔτε ἀργυροῦς π.οὔτε χρυσοῦς Pl. Lg. 801b; ἀφανὴς π., opp. γῆ, Ar. Ec. 602 .
2. metaph., πραπίδων π. Emp. 129.2; π. τῆς σοφίας Pl. Euthphr. 12a; γᾶς π. ἄβυσσος, of the whole earth, A. Th. 948 (lyr.); πλοῦτον εἵματος κακόν Id. Ag. 1383; ὁ ἐν τῇ ἐμῇ ψυχῇ π. X. Smp. 4.43, cf. 34, etc.
II masc. pr. n. Plutus, god of riches, Hes. Th. 969; represented as blind, Timocr. 8; ὁ δὲ Π. ἡμᾶς . . τυφλοὺς ποιεῖ Antiph. 259: — Hsch. s.v. εὔπλουτον says that π. originally meant wealth in corn. (Prob. from πλέω in an early sense '*flow', '*abound', as φόρτος from φέρω. )
πλοῦτος , -ου , ὁ
and (in 2 Corinthians 8:2, Ephesians 1:17; Ephesians 2:7; Ephesians 3:8; Ephesians 3:16, Philippians 4:19, Colossians 1:27; Colossians 2:2; v. WH, App., 158; M, Pr., 60) τό ,
[in LXX chiefly for H6239;]
riches, wealth: of external possessions, Matthew 13:22, Mark 4:19, Luke 8:14, 1 Timothy 6:17, James 5:2, Revelation 18:16; of moral and spiritual conceptions, Romans 2:4; Romans 9:23; Romans 11:12; Romans 11:33, 2 Corinthians 8:2, Ephesians 1:7; Ephesians 1:18; Ephesians 2:7; Ephesians 3:8; Ephesians 3:16 Philippians 4:19, Colossians 1:27; Colossians 2:2, Hebrews 11:26, Revelation 5:12.†
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This rare Hellenistic verb = πρίω, ";saw asunder"; (Hebrews 11:37), is used of date-palms in CP Herm I. 28.11 φοίνικες. . ἄπρ [ιστοι π ]επρισμ [ένοι : cf. P Oxy XIV. 1752.2 (A.D. 378), an order of payment to two πρίσταις, ";sawyers,"; for repairs on a boat. For a curious word-play between πρῖνος and πρίζω see Th. Sus. 58 f.
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