φιλάργυρος
philargyros · money-loving
Greek word · Strong’s number G5366 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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philargyros (φιλάργυρος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “money-loving”.
Greedy for money.
How to say it
phi·lar·gy·ros
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Attached to riches, greedy.
From Abbott-Smith (1922)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 16:14
Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and they were ridiculing him.
- 2 Timothy 3:2
For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,