King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5367
Transliteration: philautos
Phonetic Spelling: (fil'-ow-tos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: loving oneself
Meaning: loving oneself
φίλαυτος, φιλαυτον. (φίλος and αὐτός), loving oneself; too intent on one's own interests, selfish: 2 Timothy 3:2. (Aris. tot. ((cf. φιλάγαθος); rhet. 1, 11, 26 (where cf. Cope) ἀνάγκη πάντας φιλαυτους αἰναι ἐ μᾶλλον ἤ ἧττον; Philo, legg. alleg. 1, 15; Plutarch, (Epictetus), Lucian, Sextus Empiricus; διά τό φύσει πάντας εἶναι φιλαυτους, Josephus, Antiquities 3, 8, 1.) (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § xciii.)
Word Summary
philautos: loving oneself
Original Word: φίλαυτοςTransliteration: philautos
Phonetic Spelling: (fil'-ow-tos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: loving oneself
Meaning: loving oneself
Strong's Concordance
lover of self. From philos and autos; fond of self, i.e. Selfish -- lover of own self.
see GREEK philos
see GREEK autos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5367: φίλαυτοςφίλαυτος, φιλαυτον. (φίλος and αὐτός), loving oneself; too intent on one's own interests, selfish: 2 Timothy 3:2. (Aris. tot. ((cf. φιλάγαθος); rhet. 1, 11, 26 (where cf. Cope) ἀνάγκη πάντας φιλαυτους αἰναι ἐ μᾶλλον ἤ ἧττον; Philo, legg. alleg. 1, 15; Plutarch, (Epictetus), Lucian, Sextus Empiricus; διά τό φύσει πάντας εἶναι φιλαυτους, Josephus, Antiquities 3, 8, 1.) (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § xciii.)