G4131: πλήκτης
plḗktēs · “bully”
Definition
a smiter, i.e. pugnacious (quarrelsome)
KJV translates it as: striker
Word origin: from G4141 (πλήσσω);
Extended definition
πλήκτης, -ου, ὁ
(πλήσσω), [in Sm.: Psa.35:15 * ;]
a striker, brawler: 1Ti.3:3, Tit.1:7 (Arist., Plut., al.).†
(AS)
(πλήσσω), [in Sm.: Psa.35:15 * ;]
a striker, brawler: 1Ti.3:3, Tit.1:7 (Arist., Plut., al.).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4131 is translated
- a striker ×1
- a striker, ×1
Bible verses with G4131 (plḗktēs)
Plḗktēs appears in 2 verses.
- 1 Timothy 3:3
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
- Titus 1:7
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;