Lexicon philarguros: loving money Original Word: φιλάργυρος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: philarguros Phonetic Spelling: (fil-ar'-goo-ros) Short Definition: money-loving, avaricious Definition: money-loving, avaricious, covetous. HELPS word-Studies 5366 philárgyros (from 5384 /phílos, "lover" and 696 /árgyros, "of silver") – properly, a lover of money (literally, silver) – i.e. someone (literally) "in love with personal gain (having money)." NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom philos and argurosDefinitionloving money NASB Translationlovers of money (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5366: φιλάργυροςφιλάργυρος, φιλαργυρον ( φίλος and ἄργυρος), loving money, avaricious: Luke 16:14; 2 Timothy 3:2. ( Sophocles, Xenophon, Plato, others.)
Strong's covetous. From philos and arguros; fond of silver (money), i.e. Avaricious -- covetous. see GREEK philos see GREEK arguros |
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