Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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n.) An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.
Greek
3525. nepho -- to be sober, to abstain from wine ... not drunk), not intoxicated; (figuratively) free from illusion, ie from the
intoxicating influences of sin (like the impact of selfish passion,
greed, etc.).
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3525.htm - 7k1387. dolioo -- to deceive
... 1387 (from 1388 , "bait") -- properly, to lure, using to pull someone in; to deceive,
preying on people who are blinded by their own bitterness, greed or lust. ...
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335. anaideia -- shamelessness
... Phonetic Spelling: (an-ah'-ee-die-ah') Short Definition: shamelessness, shameless
persistence Definition: shamelessness, shameless persistence (eg in greed). ...
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4124. pleonexia -- advantage, covetousness
... Word Origin from pleonektes Definition advantage, covetousness NASB Word Usage
covetousness (1), deeds of coveting (1), greed (7), greediness (1). ...
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724. harpage -- pillage, plundering
... plundering; plunder, spoil, robbery. Cognate: 724 -- to plunder (pillage),
fueled by " greed" (, 1, 25.24). See 726 (). Word Origin from ...
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Strong's Hebrew
973b. bachel -- to get by greed... bachel. 974 . to get by
greed. Transliteration: bachel Short Definition: gained.
Word Origin a prim. root Definition to get by
greed NASB Word Usage gained (1
... /hebrew/973b.htm - 5k 3284. yaanah -- perhaps greed
... 3283, 3284. yaanah. 3285 . perhaps greed. Transliteration: yaanah Phonetic
Spelling: (yah-an-aw') Short Definition: ostriches. Word Origin fem. ...
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1942. havvah -- desire, chasm, destruction
... desire, chasm, destruction NASB Word Usage calamities (1), calamity (1), craving
(1), deadly (1), desire (2), destruction (8), destructive (1), greed (1). ...
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Library
Thou Shalt not Steal.
... not only against theft and robbery, but against all stinting in temporal goods which
men may practise toward one another: such as greed, usury, overcharging ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/luther/a treatise on good works/thou shalt not steal.htm
Whether Covetousness is the Greatest of Sins?
... Now covetousness is most opposed to charity: for Augustine says (QQ[83], qu.36)
that "greed is the bane of charity." Therefore covetousness is the greatest of ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether covetousness is the greatest.htm
The Last Supper.
... CHAPTER III. THE LAST SUPPER. O Judas, art thou blinded quite By untamed greed of
gold and gear? And would thou sell thy master dear For base gain? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/stead/king of the jews/chapter iii the last supper.htm
That Love not Only Makes Sons Out of Servants, but Also Bestows ...
... and not on his own efforts, it has been vouchsafed to acquire this state, from the
condition of a servant, wherein is fear, and from a mercenary greed of hope ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter ix that love not.htm
Whether Treachery, Fraud, Falsehood, Perjury, Restlessness ...
... in Deut.) enumerates nine daughters of covetousness; which are "lying, fraud, theft,
perjury, greed of filthy lucre, false witnessing, violence, inhumanity ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether treachery fraud falsehood perjury.htm
Whether Only the Sin of Pride and Envy Can Exist in an Angel?
... Reply to Objection 2: Avarice, considered as a special kind of sin, is the immoderate
greed of temporal possessions which serve the use of human life, and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether only the sin of.htm
Christmas Day
... save ease, no ill save pain, No purpose, save its share in that wild war In which,
through countless ages, living things Compete in internecine greed."Ah God ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/andromeda and other poems/christmas day.htm
On Eating.
... In their greed and solicitude, the gluttons seem absolutely to sweep the
world with a drag-net to gratify their luxurious tastes. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/clement/the instructor paedagogus/chap i on eating.htm
A Community Rests Upon Justice and Good-Will. ...
... possession for all. Nature, therefore, has produced a common right for all,
but greed has made it a right for a few. Here, too, we ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xxviii a community rests.htm
The Cleansing of the Temple - the Sign,' which is not a Sign.
... qualified and appointed. Disputes might here arise, due to the ignorance
of the purchaser, or the greed of the examiner. A regularly ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter v the cleansing of.htm
Thesaurus
Greed (19 Occurrences)... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a
greed of gain. Multi-Version Concordance
Greed (19 Occurrences).
.../g/greed.htm - 12kGreedy (24 Occurrences)
... with any one bearing the name of "brother," if he was addicted to fornication or
avarice or idol-worship or abusive language or hard-drinking or greed of gain. ...
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Addicted (9 Occurrences)
... with any one bearing the name of "brother," if he was addicted to fornication or
avarice or idol-worship or abusive language or hard-drinking or greed of gain. ...
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Abusive (7 Occurrences)
... with any one bearing the name of "brother," if he was addicted to fornication or
avarice or idol-worship or abusive language or hard-drinking or greed of gain. ...
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Avarice (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An excessive desire of gain; greed; covetousness;
cupidity. 2. (n.) An inordinate desire for some supposed good. ...
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Laban (52 Occurrences)
... his mental inventory of the gifts bestowed by the visitor upon his sister (24:30),
has usually, and justly, been regarded as a proof of the same greed that is ...
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Iscariot (11 Occurrences)
... Appointed keeper of the purse, he disregarded the warnings of Jesus concerning greed
and hypocrisy (compare Matthew 6:20 Luke 12:1-3) and appropriated the ...
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Gain (142 Occurrences)
... with any one bearing the name of "brother," if he was addicted to fornication or
avarice or idol-worship or abusive language or hard-drinking or greed of gain. ...
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Greedily (7 Occurrences)
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Judas (42 Occurrences)
... Appointed keeper of the purse, he disregarded the warnings of Jesus concerning greed
and hypocrisy (compare Matthew 6:20 Luke 12:1-3) and appropriated the ...
/j/judas.htm - 45k
Resources
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