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gain, lucre

Concise Bible Dictionary:

“Gain,” such as a judge should not have wished for or accepted (1 Sam. 8:3³And 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. 3:3,8³Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (1 Timothy 3:3)
⁸Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; (1 Timothy 3:8); Titus 1:7,11⁷For 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)
¹¹Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. (Titus 1:11); 1 Pet. 5:2²Feed 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