Plḗktēs — G4131

Definition

masculine noun

a smiter, i.e. pugnacious (quarrelsome)

1. a pugnacious, contentious, quarrelsome person

Usually translated as

striker

Origin

from G4141

• plḗssō (G4141)

Occurrences

Plḗktēs occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Timothy (1), Titus (1)

• 1 Timothy 3:3 — Not given to wine, no striker (πλήκτην), not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
• Titus 1:7 — For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker (πλήκτην), not given to filthy lucre;