Bully
πλήκτηςStrong’s G4131plēktēs
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Plēktēs is the Greek word usually translated “striker”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;”
Meaning
Usually translated “striker”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a striker 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Timothy 1
- Titus 1
2 books in all.
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Greek dictionary
πλήκτης plēktēs · bully
πλήκτης, -ου, ὁ (πλήσσω), [in Sm.: Psa.35:15 * ;] a striker, brawler: 1Ti.3:3, Tit.1:7 (Arist., Plut., al.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bully” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BULL'Y, noun
A noisy, blustering overbearing fellow, more distinguished for insolence and empty menaces, than for courage, and disposed to provoke quarrels.
All definitions and other forms of “bully”
BULL'Y, verb transitive
To insult and overbear with noise and blustering menaces.
BULL'Y,, verb intransitive
To be noisy and quarrelsome.
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.