Bible Dictionary: Lucre

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Easton's Bible Dictionary

From the Lat. lucrum, "gain." 1 Timothy 3:3, "not given to filthy lucre." Some MSS. have not the word so rendered, and the expression has been omitted in the Revised Version.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill sense.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

LUCRE

lu'-ker, loo'-ker (betsa'>; kerdos): Literally, "gain" (1 Samuel 8:3 Titus 1:7), hence, in the New Testament always qualified by "filthy" (1 Timothy 3:8, "not greedy of filthy lucre" aischrokerdes; so Titus 1:7). The adverb is found in 1 Peter 5:2 (see also Titus 1:11). In 1 Timothy 3:3, the Revised Version (British and American) changes the King James Version to "no lover of money" (aphilarguros).

Greek

2771. kerdos -- gain
... word Definition gain NASB Word Usage gain (3). gain, lucre. Of uncertain affinity;
gain (pecuniary or genitive case) -- gain, lucre. (kerde) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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146. aischrokerdes -- greedy of base gain
... greedy, given to filthy lucre. From aischros and kerdos (gain); sordid --
given to (greedy of) filthy lucre. see GREEK aischros. ...
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147. aischrokerdos -- from eagerness for base gain
... for the sake of dishonest gain. Adverb from aischrokerdes; sordidly -- for filthy
lucre's sake. see GREEK aischrokerdes. (aischrokerdos) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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866. aphilarguros -- without love of money
... without covetousness, not greedy. From a (as a negative particle) and philarguros;
unavaricious -- without covetousness, not greedy of filthy lucre. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1215. betsa -- gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit
... covetousness, dishonest gain, lucre, profit. From batsa'; plunder; by extension,
gain (usually unjust) -- covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit. ...
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Library

That Bishops are to Abstain from all Receiving of Gifts.
... Therefore we being taught by him do decree, that under no circumstances, shall a
Bishop for the sake of filthy lucre invent feigned excuses for sins, and exact ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon iv that bishops are.htm

Of the Mass.
... for a long time this also has been the public and most grievous complaint of all
good men that Masses have been basely profaned and applied to purposes of lucre ...
/.../various/the augsburg confession of faith/article xxiv of the mass.htm

That a Clerk Ought not to be Set Over Two Churches.
... From henceforth no clergyman shall be appointed over two churches, for this savours
of merchandise and filthy lucre, and is altogether alien from ...
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Whether one May Give Alms Out of Ill-Gotten Goods?
... Objection 2: Further, all filthy lucre seems to be ill-gotten. But the
profits from whoredom are filthy lucre; wherefore it was ...
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Titus i. 5, 6
... "Not given to filthy lucre.". ... You see what intensity of virtue he required. "Not
given to filthy lucre," that is, showing great contempt for money. ...
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On the Character and Teaching of the Bishop.
... That a Bishop Must Not Be Given to Filthy Lucre, Nor Be a Surety Nor an Advocate.
VI. Let not a bishop be given to filthy lucre, especially ...
/.../various/constitutions of the holy apostles/sec ii on the character and.htm

Of the Modes of Supplementing Satisfaction --viz. Indulgences and ...
... Confutation by Leo and Augustine. Answer to two objections urged in support of them,
sec.3, 4. A profane love of filthy lucre on the part of the Pope. ...
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1 Timothy iii. 10-Aug
... 1 Timothy iii. 8-10. 1 Timothy iii.8-10 "Likewise must the Deacons be grave, not
doubletongued, not given much to wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; holding the ...
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Forasmuch as Many Enrolled among the Clergy, Following ...
... it by secret transaction or otherwise, as by demanding the whole and one half, or
by using any other contrivance whatever for filthy lucre's sake, he shall be ...
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1 Timothy iii. 4-Jan
... of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not ...
/.../homily x 1 timothy iii.htm

Thesaurus

Lucre (5 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary From the Lat. lucrum, "gain." 1 Timothy 3:3, "not given
to filthy lucre." Some MSS. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. LUCRE. ...
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Lucre's (1 Occurrence)
...Lucre's (1 Occurrence). Titus 1:11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole
houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. ...
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Filthy (22 Occurrences)
... American) "as a polluted garment"; compare Ezekiel 36:17; aischros, "ugly," tropical
for unbecoming, shameful (Titus 1:11, "for filthy lucre's sake"; compare ...
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Brawler (3 Occurrences)
... Brawler (3 Occurrences). 1 Timothy 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy
of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (KJV ASV WBS). ...
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Striker (3 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but
patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT). ...
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Lucius (2 Occurrences)

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Lud (10 Occurrences)

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Behoveth (75 Occurrences)
... it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor
irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre; (YLT). ...
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Overbearing (7 Occurrences)
... behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor
irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre; (See NIV ...
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Overseers (47 Occurrences)
... 1 Peter 5:2 feed the flock of God that 'is' among you, overseeing not constrainedly,
but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind, (See NIV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Lucre (5 Occurrences)

1 Timothy 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
(KJV WBS YLT)

1 Timothy 3:8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Titus 1:7 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;
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

1 Peter 5:2 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;
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

1 Samuel 8:3 His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Subtopics

Lucre

Related Terms

Lucre's (1 Occurrence)

Filthy (22 Occurrences)

Brawler (3 Occurrences)

Striker (3 Occurrences)

Lucius (2 Occurrences)

Lud (10 Occurrences)

Behoveth (75 Occurrences)

Overbearing (7 Occurrences)