Word Summary
philargyria: love of money, avarice
Original Word: φιλαργυρίαTransliteration: philargyria
Phonetic Spelling: (fil-ar-goo-ree'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: love of money, avarice
Meaning: love of money, avarice
Strong's Concordance
love of money.
From philarguros; avarice -- love of money.
see GREEK philarguros
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5365: φιλαργυρίαφιλαργυρία,
φιλαργυριας,
ἡ (
φιλάργυρος),
love of money, avarice:
1 Timothy 6:10. (
Isocrates,
Polybius,
Cebes (
) tab. c. 23; Diodorus 5, 26; ((Diogenes Laërtius 6, 50; Stobaeus, flor. 10, 38; Philo de mat. nom. § 40); Plutarch, Lucian, Herodian, 6, 9, 17 (8); 4 Macc. 1:26.) (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § xxiv.)