Define

• Hebrew:
  ḥāmad (חָמַד) — to desire, to covet, to take pleasure in (equivalent Old Testament term for covetousness, as in the Tenth Commandment, Exodus 20:17)

• Greek:
  pleonektēs (πλεονέκτης) — covetous, greedy, one desirous of having more, avaricious

Related words

• pleonexia (πλεονεξία) — covetousness, greediness, greed (related noun form)
• harpax (ἅρπαξ) — swindler, extortioner, rapacious (paired with pleonektēs in 1 Corinthians 5:10)

Additional Info

• In 1 Corinthians 5:10 and 5:11, pleonektēs (πλεονέκτης) is used to describe the covetous (or greedy) person among those believers should not associate with if claiming to be a brother, listed alongside the sexually immoral, idolaters, revilers, drunkards, and swindlers.

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