plouteo describes being or becoming rich, including wealth gained through trade and richness directed toward God, others, or good works.

The attested use describes being or becoming rich: traders become rich from a city’s luxury, people seek or claim richness, and the term is also used in clauses about being rich toward God, toward those who call on the Lord, and in good works.

1. Being or becoming rich in varied contexts · dominant

   The verb marks enrichment or a rich condition in commercial and personal settings: in Revelation 18:3 the APB renders traders who “became rich” from luxury, while in Revelation 3:17 it renders a speaker’s claim, “I am rich and have become rich.” It also occurs in relational and ethical clauses: in Luke 12:21 the APB renders one who is “not rich toward God,” and in 1 Timothy 6:18 it renders the instruction to be “rich in good works.”

   Revelation 18:3Revelation 18:15Revelation 18:19Revelation 3:17Luke 12:211 Timothy 6:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly renders the term with “rich” or “became rich,” including statements of present condition and completed enrichment. It also uses expanded phrases such as “rich toward God” and “rich in good works”; These phrases reflect their clauses rather than fixed English equivalents.