- Original: πλεονεξία - Transliteration: Pleonexia - Phonetic: pleh-on-ex-ee'-ah - Definition: 1. greedy desire to have more, covetousness, avarice - Origin: from G4123 - TDNT entry: 10:26,9 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G4123 ; avarice that is (by implication) fraudulency extortion: - covetous (-ness) practices greediness. Total KJV Occurrences: 8 • covetousness, 6 Romans 1:29; 2 Corinthians 9:5; Eph 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; 2 Peter 2:3 • greediness, 1 Eph 4:19 • practices, 1 2 Peter 2:14