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ΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΟΣ, φιλαργυρος
PHILARGYROS, philargyros
Sounds Like: fee-lar-GYOO-ross
Translations: money-loving, covetous, avaricious, greedy, a lover of money
From the root: ΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a compound adjective meaning 'money-loving' or 'covetous'. It describes someone who has a strong desire for money or wealth. It is formed from two parts: ΦΙΛΟΣ (philos), meaning 'loving' or 'dear', and ΑΡΓΥΡΟΣ (argyros), meaning 'silver' or 'money'. It is used to characterize individuals who are greedy or avaricious.
Inflection: Masculine, Feminine, or Neuter; Singular or Plural; Nominative, Genitive, Dative, or Accusative
Strong’s number: G5366 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:70
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 2:8
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 2:8
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 3:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΑΡΓΥΡΟΙ — lovers of money, money-lovers, covetous, greedy
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