πλούσιος

πλούσιος — ploúsios

πλούσιος, πλουσία, πλούσιον (πλοῦτος), from Hesiod, Works, 22 down, the Sept. for עָשִׁיר, rich;

a. properly, wealthy, abounding in material resources: Mat 27:57; Luk 12:16; Luk 14:12; Luk 16:1; Luk 16:19; Luk 18:23; Luk 19:2; ὁ πλούσιος, substantively, Luk 16:21-22; Jas 1:10-11; οἱ πλούσιοι, Luk 6:24; Luk 21:1; 1Ti 6:17; Jas 2:6; Jas 5:1; Rev 6:15; Rev 13:16; πλούσιος, without the article, a rich man, Mat 19:23-24; Mar 10:25; Mar 12:41; Luk 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, Eph 2:4; ἐν πίστει, Jas 2:5; absolutely, abounding (rich) in Christian virtues and eternal possessions, Rev 2:9; Rev 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,' 2Co 8:9.