ΦΙΛΟΧΡΗΜΑΤΙΑΣ, φιλοχρηματιας
PHILOCHRĒMATIAS, philochrēmatias
Sounds Like: fee-loh-khray-mah-TEE-as
Translations: of love of money, of avarice, of greed
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΧΡΗΜΑΤΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound noun, meaning 'love of money' or 'avarice'. It describes a strong desire for wealth. It is formed from 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'loving' or 'fond of', and 'χρήματα' (chrēmata), meaning 'money' or 'riches'. In a sentence, it would indicate the source or object of something related to the love of money, for example, 'the root (of) love of money'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5365 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 10:280
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΧΡΗΜΑΤΙΑ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΟΧΡΗΜΑΤ — money-loving, avaricious, covetous
- ΦΙΛΟΧΡΗΜΑΤΙΑΝ — love of money, a love of money, avarice, covetousness, greed
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