Quick Definition
love of money, avarice
Strong's Definition
avarice
Derivation: from G5366 (φιλάργυρος);
KJV Usage: love of money
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φιλαργυρία, φιλαργυριας, ἡ (φιλάργυρος), love of money, avarice: 1Ti_6:10. (Isocrates, Polybius, Cebes () tab. c. 23; Diodorus 5, 26; ((Diogenes Laërtius 6, 50; Stobaeus, flor. 10, 38; Philo de mat. nom. § 40); Plutarch, Lucian, Herodian, 6, 9, 17 (8); 4Ma_1:26.) (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § xxiv.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φιλαργυρία philargyria 1x
love of money, covetousness, 1Ti_6:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* φιλαργυρία , -ας , ἡ
( < φιλάργυρος ),
[in LXX : 4Ma_1:26 ; 4Ma_2:15 ΰ 1 * ;]
love of money, avarice: 1Ti_6:1 .†
SYN.: πλεονεξία G4124 , covetousness ( v. Tr., Syn. , § xxiv).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φιλαργυρία [page 669]
To the numerous illustrations of 1Ti. 6:10 given by the comnmentators may be added (as by Lock) Test. xii. patr. Jud. xix. ι ἡ φιλαργυρία πρὸς εἰδωλολατρείαν ὁδηγεῖ . For the corr. verb see Syll 27 .8 (= .3 593) .12 (B.C.196 4) ὅτι τελέως ἐν οὐθενὸ φιλαργυρῆσ [α ]ι βεβουλήμεθα .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
φιλαργυρία φι^λαργυ^ρία, ἡ, "love of money, covetousness", Isocr. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φιλαργυρία, -ας, ἡ
(φιλάργυρος), [in LXX: 4Ma.1:26 4Mac 2:15 א1 * ;]
love of money, avarice: 1Ti.6:1.†
SYN.: πλεονεξία, covetousness (see Tr., Syn., § xxiv) (AS)
