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Richness

πιότηςStrong’s G4096

piotēs

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Piotēs is the Greek word usually translated “fatness”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;”
Romans 11:17 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “fatness”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • fatness 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Romans 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    πιότης piotēs · richness

    πιότης, -ητος, ἡ (πίων, fat), [in LXX chiefly for דֶּשֶׁן ;] fatness: Rom.11:17.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “richness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    RICH'NESS, noun

    1. Opulence; wealth.
    2. Finery; splendor.
    3. Fertility; fecundity; fruitfulness; the qualities which render productive; as the richness of a oil.
    4. Fullness; abundance; as the richness of a treasury.
    All definitions and other forms of “richness”
    1. Quality of abounding with something valuable; as the richness of a mine or an ore; the richness of milk or of cane-juice.
    2. Abundance of any ingredient or quality; as the richness of spices or of fragrance.
    3. Abundance of beautiful scenery; as the richness of a landscape or prospect.
    4. Abundance of nutritious qualities; as the richness of diet.
    5. Abundance of high seasoning; as the richness of cake.
    6. Strength; vividness; or whatever constitutes perfection; as the richness of color or coloring.
    7. Abundance of imagery or of striking ideas; as richness of description.

    RICK, noun

    [Eng. ridge.]

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.