Lexicon entry · Greek
G4122πλεονεκτέωpleonekteō
to exploitPart of speech: Greek Verb
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for fear Satan should gain an advantage over us. For we are not ignorant of his devices.
πλεονεκτηθῶμεν pleonektēthōmen “we may be outwitted”
Make room for us in your hearts. There is not one of you whom we have wronged, not one to whom we have done harm, not one over whom we have gained any selfish advantage.
ἐπλεονεκτήσαμεν. epleonektēsamen “we have exploited.”
Have I gained any selfish advantage over you through any one of the messengers I have sent to you?
ἐπλεονέκτησα epleonektēsa “did I exploit”
I begged Titus to visit you, and sent our other brother with him. Did Titus gain any selfish advantage over you? Were not he and I guided by one and the same Spirit, and did we not walk in the same steps?
ἐπλεονέκτησεν epleonektēsen “did exploit”
and that in this matter there be no encroaching on the rights of a brother Christian and no overreaching him. For the Lord is an avenger in all such cases, as we have already taught you and solemnly warned you.
πλεονεκτεῖν pleonektein “to overreach”