Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. t.) Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
2. (v. t.) Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
Greek
4123. pleonektes -- one desirous of having more ... of having more. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: pleonektes Phonetic
Spelling: (pleh-on-ek'-tace) Short Definition: a
covetous person Definition
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4123.htm - 7k5366. philarguros -- loving money
... Transliteration: philarguros Phonetic Spelling: (fil-ar'-goo-ros) Short Definition:
money-loving, avaricious Definition: money-loving, avaricious, covetous. ...
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4122. pleonekteo -- to have more, to overreach
... take advantage, defraud, make a gain. From pleonektes; to be covetous, ie (by
implication) to over-reach -- get an advantage, defraud, make a gain. ...
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4124. pleonexia -- advantage, covetousness
... covetousness, greediness. From pleonektes; avarice, ie (by implication) fraudulency,
extortion -- covetous(-ness) practices, greediness. see GREEK pleonektes. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
1214. batsa -- to cut off, break off, gain by violence... gain (1), profits (1). be
covetous, cut off, finish, fulfill, gain greedily,
be given to covetousness, greedy,. A primitive root
... /hebrew/1214.htm - 6kLibrary
That God's Lover Forsakes the World, Idleness and Irksomeness: and ...
... THE FIRE OF LOVE. BOOK I CHAPTER X THAT GOD'S LOVER FORSAKES THE WORLD, IDLENESS
AND IRKSOMENESS: AND OF HYPOCRITES AND COVETOUS MEN. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter x that gods lover.htm
That one who Actually Has no Money May Still be Deemed Covetous.
... Prolegomena. Chapter XXII. That one who actually has no money may still
be deemed covetous. For it is possible even for one who ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxii that one who.htm
That He Marked Out Before a Covetous Man the Measure of a Grave ...
... Book IV. Chapter XXX."That he marked out before a Covetous Man the Measure
of a Grave, and so put him to Shame. On one occasion ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xxx that he marked out.htm
Whether Prodigality is a More Grievous Sin than Covetousness?
... from the opposite virtue: since giving, wherein the prodigal exceeds, belongs to
liberality more than receiving or retaining, wherein the covetous man exceeds. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether prodigality is a more.htm
Whether Treachery, Fraud, Falsehood, Perjury, Restlessness ...
... But the Philosopher says (Ethic. iv, 1) that "tyrants who destroy cities and despoil
sacred places are not to be called illiberal," ie covetous. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether treachery fraud falsehood perjury.htm
The Tenth Commandment
... any good use. He may be said to be covetous not only who gets the world
unrighteously, but who loves it inordinately. [1] For a ...
/.../watson/the ten commandments/2 1 the tenth commandment.htm
Tenth Commandment
... The greatest dupe the devil has in the world is the hypocrite; but the next greatest
is the covetous man, "for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/weighed and wanting/tenth commandment.htm
We do Not, Therefore, "Acknowledge the Baptism of Heretics...
... But the apostle says, among many other things, "Neither the covetous, nor extortioners,
shall inherit the kingdom of God." [1353] For in another place the same ...
/.../writings in connection with the donatist controversy /chapter 4 6 we.htm
Whether Prodigality is Opposite to Covetousness?
... subject. But some are at the same time prodigal and covetous. ... receives.
Wherefore he is prodigal and covetous in different respects. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether prodigality is opposite to.htm
Whether Covetousness is a Spiritual Sin?
... Hom. xxix in Matth.) compares the covetous man to the man who was possessed
by the devil (Mk.5) and was troubled in body. Therefore ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether covetousness is a spiritual.htm
Thesaurus
Covetous (11 Occurrences)... Multi-Version Concordance
Covetous (11 Occurrences).
... Luke 16:14 And the Pharisees
also, who were
covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
.../c/covetous.htm - 9kLewd (37 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 5:10 Yet not altogether with lewd persons of this world, or with the
covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters: for then ye must needs go out ...
/l/lewd.htm - 20k
Immoral (16 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 5:10 yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world,
or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then you would ...
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Lover (55 Occurrences)
... pleasure" (2 Timothy 3:4). In the Revised Version (British and American) we have,
for "a lover of hospitality" (Titus 1:8), "given to"; for "covetous" (Luke 16 ...
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Grudge (11 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to
repine; to be unwilling or reluctant. 4. (vi) To feel compunction or grief. ...
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Greedy (24 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 5:5 Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person,
nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom ...
/g/greedy.htm - 13k
Whoremonger (4 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 5:11 and now, I did write to you not to keep company with 'him', if
any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an ...
/w/whoremonger.htm - 7k
Idolater (2 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 5:11 But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who
is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a ...
/i/idolater.htm - 7k
Robbers (21 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 5:10 yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world,
or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then you would ...
/r/robbers.htm - 14k
Extortioners (3 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 5:10 yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world,
or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then you would ...
/e/extortioners.htm - 7k
Resources
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