ΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΙΑΝ, φιλαργυριαν
PHILARGYRIAN, philargyrian
Sounds Like: fee-lar-gy-REE-an
Translations: love of money, covetousness, greed, avarice, a love of money, a covetousness, a greed, an avarice
From the root: ΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound noun, combining 'phileo' (to love) and 'argyros' (silver, money). It refers to the strong desire for wealth or possessions, often to an excessive or sinful degree. It describes the characteristic or state of being greedy or covetous, and can be used to describe a person's character or a specific act driven by greed.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5365 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 6:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΙΑ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΙΑ — love of money, covetousness, avarice, greed, a love of money, a covetousness, an avarice, a greed
- ΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΙΑΣ — of the love of money, of covetousness, of avarice
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