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Concise Bible Dictionary
:
“Gain,” such as a judge should not have wished for or accepted (
1 Sam. 8:3
3
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. (1 Samuel 8:3)
). In the
New
Testament
it is called “filthy” or “base gain”; the desire for it rendered a
man
ineligible for the position of elder in the
church
(
1 Tim. 3:3,8
3
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (1 Timothy 3:3)
8
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; (1 Timothy 3:8)
;
Titus 1:7,11
7
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; (Titus 1:7)
11
Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. (Titus 1:11)
;
1 Pet. 5:2
2
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; (1 Peter 5:2)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
2771
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
κέρδος
Transliteration:
kerdos
Phonic:
ker’-dos
Meaning:
of uncertain affinity; gain (pecuniary or genitive case)
KJV Usage:
gain, lucre
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“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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