Strong's Greek: 146. αἰσχροκερδής (aischrokerdés) -- greedy of base gain

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Lexicon

aischrokerdés: greedy of base gain

Original Word: αἰσχροκερδής, ες
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: aischrokerdés
Phonetic Spelling: (ahee-skhrok-er-dace')
Short Definition: greedy
Definition: greedy, fond of base gain.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from aischros and kerdos
Definition
greedy of base gain
NASB Translation
fond of sordid gain (2), sordid gain (2).

Thayer's

STRONGS NT 146: αἰσχροκερδής

αἰσχροκερδής, (ές (αἰσχρός and κέρδος; cf. αἰσχροπαθής in Philo (de mere. meretr. § 4)), eager for base gain (greedy of filthy lucre): 1 Timothy 3:3 Rec., 8; Titus 1:7. (Herodotus 1, 187; Xenophon, Plato, others; (cf.turpilucricupidus, Plautus Trin. 1, 2, 63).)

Strong's

greedy, given to filthy lucre.

From aischros and kerdos (gain); sordid -- given to (greedy of) filthy lucre.

see GREEK aischros