ΑΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΟΝ, αφιλαργυρον
APHILARGYRON, aphilargyron
Sounds Like: ah-fee-LAR-gy-ron
Translations: not loving money, not covetous, free from the love of money, not greedy for money, not avaricious
From the root: ΑΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning "not loving money" or "free from the love of money." It describes someone who is not greedy or covetous. It is a compound word formed from the alpha privative (α-, meaning "not" or "without") and "philargyros" (φιλάργυρος), which means "loving money." It is used to describe a character trait, often in ethical or moral contexts, indicating a person who is content and not driven by material gain.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G0866 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Timothy — 3:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΟΙ — not loving money, free from the love of money, without covetousness
- ἈΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΟΥΣ — not loving money, free from the love of money, without covetousness
- ΑΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΟΣ — not covetous, not greedy for money, free from the love of money, without covetousness
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