Col 3:5 Sexual Greed

Joseph Brian Tucker music at riverviewcog.org
Mon Mar 20 22:19:22 EST 2000


Greetings

...KAI THN PLEONEXIAN hHTIS ESTIN EIDWLOLATRIA (Col 3:5b)

A significant number of commentators point out that PLEONEXIAN has sexual 
overtones to it. BGAD 667d, says "greediness, insatiableness, avarice, 
covetousness, lit. a desire to have more." doesn't seem to agree.

1. Does PLEONEXIAN have this in its range of meanings? BGAD doesn't 
specifically point out a sexual nuance.

2. Is the sexual understanding to be taken from its inclusion on the vice 
list? How does one justify this?

3. Does the presence of the article impact the understanding of this in 
terms of its contection with the rest of the verse?

4. If it does not have a sexual nuance to it, why include it?

Thanks
Brian Tucker
music at riverviewcog.org
Riverview, Mi



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