Pleonexia is an acquisitive greed condemned as a motive, a vice, and a danger tied to possessions.

The occurrences consistently portray an acquisitive greed: it can be a concealed motive, drive exploitation, stand among condemned practices, and prompt a warning that life is not constituted by an abundance of possessions.

1. Acquisitive greed as a condemned disposition · dominant

   Across the noun's singular and plural forms, the term names a disapproved disposition or practice: in Luke 12:15 the APB renders a warning to guard against it because life does not consist in an abundance of possessions; in 2 Peter 2:3 it renders the motive for exploiting others with fabricated words. It also occurs in lists of practices to reject or condemn, including Mark 7:22, Romans 1:29, Colossians 3:5, Ephesians 4:19, and Ephesians 5:3.

   Luke 12:152 Peter 2:3Mark 7:22Romans 1:29Colossians 3:5Ephesians 5:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously uses “greed,” “greediness,” and “covetousness” in the supplied verses, while also describing a gift that is not given under compulsion in 2 Corinthians 9:5. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall portrayal rather than establish separate meanings.