πλουτέω

πλουτέω — ploutéō

πλουτέω, πλούτῳ; 1 aorist ἐπλούτησα; perfect πεπλούτηκα; (πλοῦτος); from Hesiod down; the Sept. sometimes for עָשַׁר;

a. to be rich, to have abundance: properly, of outward possessions, absolutely, Luk 1:53; 1Ti 6:9; 1Ti 1:1-20 aorist I have been made rich, hate become rich, have gotten riches (on this use of the aorist see βασιλεύω, at the end), ἀπό τίνος, Rev 18:15 (Sir 11:18; (cf. ἀπό, II. 2 a.)); also ἐκ τίνος (see ἐκ, II. 5), Rev 18:3; Rev 18:19; ἐν τίνι (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 8 b. note; the Greeks say πλουτεῖν τίνος, or τίνι, or τί), 1Ti 6:18.

b. metaphorically, to be richly supplied: πλουτεῖν εἰς πάντας, is affluent in resources so that he can give the blessings of salvation unto all, Rom 10:12; πλουτεῖν εἰς Θεόν (see εἰς, B. II. 2 b. α.), Luk 12:21; aorist ἐπλούτησα, absolutely, I became rich, i. e. obtained the eternal spiritual possessions: 1Co 4:8; 2Co 8:9; Rev 3:18; πεπλούτηκα, I have gotten riches, Rev 3:17.