Luk 12:15 | RWP | e4.org | From all covetousness ( απο πασης πλεονεξιας ). Ablative case. From every kind of greedy desire for more ( πλεον , more, εξια , from εχω , to have) an old word which we have robbed of its sinful aspects and refined to mean business thrift. In the abundance of the things which he possesseth ( εν τω περισσευειν τιν εκ των υπαρχοντων αυτω ). A rather awkward Lukan idiom: "In the abounding (articular infinitive) to one out of the things belonging (articular participle) to him."

‏ Luke 12:15

From all covetousness ( απο πασης πλεονεξιας ). Ablative case. From every kind of greedy desire for more ( πλεον, more, εξια, from εχω, to have) an old word which we have robbed of its sinful aspects and refined to mean business thrift.

In the abundance of the things which he possesseth ( εν τω περισσευειν τιν εκ των υπαρχοντων αυτω ). A rather awkward Lukan idiom: "In the abounding (articular infinitive) to one out of the things belonging (articular participle) to him."