STRONGS G4145:
πλούσιος,
πλουσία,
πλούσιον (
πλοῦτος), from
Hesiod, Works, 22 down, the
Sept. for
עָשִׁיר,
rich;
a. properly,
wealthy, abounding in material resources:
Matthew 27:57;
Luke 12:16;
Luke 14:12;
Luke 16:1,
19;
Luke 18:23;
Luke 19:2;
ὁ πλούσιος, substantively,
Luke 16:21,
22;
James 1:10,
11;
οἱ πλούσιοι,
Luke 6:24;
Luke 21:1;
1 Timothy 6:17;
James 2:6;
James 5:1;
Revelation 6:15;
Revelation 13:16;
πλούσιος, without the article,
a rich man, Matthew 19:23,
24;
Mark 10:25;
Mark 12:41;
Luke 18:25.
b. metaphorically and universally,
abounding, abundantly supplied: followed by
ἐν with a dative of the thing in which one abounds (cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 30, 8 b. note),
ἐν ἐληι,
Ephesians 2:4;
ἐν πίστει,
James 2:5; absolutely, abounding (rich) in Christian virtues and eternal possessions,
Revelation 2:9;
Revelation 3:17, on which see Düsterdieck.
ἐπτώχευσε πλούσιος ὤν, of Christ, 'although as the
ἄσαρκος λόγος he formerly abounded in the riches of a heavenly condition, by assuming human nature he entered into a state of (earthly) poverty,'
2 Corinthians 8:9.
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