STRONGS NUMBER G5365


Word Summary
philargyria: love of money, avarice
Original Word: φιλαργυρία
Transliteration: philargyria
Phonetic Spelling: (fil-ar-goo-ree'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: love of money, avarice
Meaning: love of money, avarice
Strong's Concordance
love of money.

From philarguros; avarice -- love of money.

see GREEK philarguros

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5365: φιλαργυρία

φιλαργυρία, φιλαργυριας, (φιλάργυρος), love of money, avarice: 1 Timothy 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); 4 Macc. 1:26.) (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § xxiv.)