πλούσιος
plousios
rich
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word πλούσιος (plousios) is defined as "rich." It appears 28 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in the text. The word's meaning is straightforward, referring to individuals or communities with a high level of wealth. The range of usage for πλούσιος is broad, encompassing various contexts such as economic status, material possessions, and social standing. It is often used in contrast to its antonym, πτωχός (ptochos), meaning "poor." This dichotomy highlights the economic disparities present in ancient societies. The significance of πλούσιος lies in its association with themes of wealth, power, and social hierarchy. Its frequent appearance in the Bible underscores the importance of economic status in the lives of ancient people, influencing their relationships, opportunities, and overall well-being.
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Occurrences in Scripture
28 total occurrences across the text
When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus’ disciple came.
Matthew 19:23Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.
Matthew 19:24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”
Mark 10:25It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”
Mark 12:41Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.
Luke 6:24“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.
Luke 12:16He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.
Luke 14:12He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
Luke 16:1He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
Luke 16:19“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
Luke 16:21and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
Luke 16:22The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.
Luke 18:23But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.
Luke 18:25For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into God’s Kingdom.”
Luke 19:2There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
Luke 21:1He looked up and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.
2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.
Ephesians 2:4But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
1 Timothy 6:17Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
James 1:10and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
James 1:11For the sun arises with the scorching wind and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So the rich man will also fade away in his pursuits.
James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?
James 5:1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
Revelation 2:9“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 3:17Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;
Revelation 6:15The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.
Revelation 13:16He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads;