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Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Both πλευνεξία and
φιλαργυρία
-ρος refer to covetousness, but there appears to be a marked distinction between them. πλεονεξία
(from πλέον, and ἔχω ‘to have more') is not confined to
money
, and is often connected with open wickedness, the force of
the word
being ‘desiring more (than is necessary),' and hence ‘an over-reaching to get,' and is thus applied to the lusts of the
flesh
,
Rom. 1:29
29
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, (Romans 1:29)
;
Eph. 4:19
19
Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. (Ephesians 4:19)
, where it is translated ‘greediness'; v. 3; &c. It is declared to be
idolatry
,
Col. 3:5
5
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: (Colossians 3:5)
.
On the other hand,
φιλαργυρία
(from φίλος and ἄργυρος) literally ‘love of money,' is the miser's
sin
, and may be indulged in with a
profession
of
religion
. Thus in
Luke 16:14
14
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. (Luke 16:14)
it is applied to the Pharisees, and in
2 Tim. 3:2
2
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, (2 Timothy 3:2)
to those who had a form of
godliness
, but denied the
power
thereof. This love of money is a root of all kinds of evil,
1 Tim. 6:10
10
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (1 Timothy 6:10)
, and those who go after it are liable to wander away from the
faith
, and to pierce themselves through with many sorrows.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
160
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
’ahabah
Phonic:
a-hab-aw
Meaning:
feminine of
158
and meaning the same
KJV Usage:
love
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