noun · feminine
filargurias
Greekφιλαργυρία (filarguria)
Strong’sG5365
love of money, avarice
stem filarguri-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* φιλαργυρία, -ας, ἡ
(< φιλάργυρος), [in LXX: IV Mac 1:26 2:15 א1 *;]
SYN.: πλεονεξία, covetousness (v. Tr., Syn., § xxiv).
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5365 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfil-ar-goo-ree'-ah
avarice
Fromfrom G5366;
King Jameslove of money.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | filargurias1×φιλαργυρία | filarguriais |
| object accusative | filargurian | filarguriain |
| direct address vocative | filarguriar | filarguriair |
| of, belonging to genitive | filarguriau | filarguriaiu |
| to, for dative | filarguria | filarguriai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
filarguria is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
filargurias“love of money”subjectnominative singular1×
1 Timothy 6:10“love of money”rizas gar panteiu teiu kakeiu atō tas filargurias, hau tinois oregerōtois apoplanila apo tau pistiau kai heautoin peripeirala odunai pollai.For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.