ἈΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΟΙ, ἀφιλαργυροι
APHILARGYROI, aphilargyroi
Sounds Like: ah-fee-LAR-gyoo-roy
Translations: not loving money, free from the love of money, without covetousness
From the root: ΑΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is not fond of money or material possessions. It is a compound word formed from 'ἀ-' (a negative prefix meaning 'not' or 'without'), 'φίλος' (philos, meaning 'loving' or 'dear'), and 'ἄργυρος' (argyros, meaning 'silver' or 'money'). Therefore, it literally means 'not loving money'. It is used to characterize individuals who are content and not driven by greed.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0866 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 5:2
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.
- ἈΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΟΥΣ — not loving money, free from the love of money, without covetousness
- ΑΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΟΝ — not loving money, not covetous, free from the love of money, not greedy for money, not avaricious
- ΑΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΟΣ — not covetous, not greedy for money, free from the love of money, without covetousness
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