Psalms 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
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Covetous
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2 Peter 2:14
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
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3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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πλεονέκτης
pleonéktēs · pleh-on-ek'-tace
3 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
holding (desiring) more, i.e. eager for gain (avaricious, hence a defrauder)
Strong's KJV usage: :--covetous.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 5:10Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 6:10
Open full G4123 profile →φιλάργυρος
philárgyros · fil-ar'-goo-ros
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
fond of silver (money), i.e. avaricious
Strong's KJV usage: :--covetous.
Strong's first: Luke 16:14Strong's last: 2 Timothy 3:2
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aphilárgyros · af-il-ar'-goo-ros
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
unavaricious
Strong's KJV usage: :--without covetousness, not greedy of filthy lucre.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 3:3Strong's last: 1 Timothy 3:3
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bâtsaʻ · baw-tsah'
1 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
to break off, i.e. (usually) plunder; figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop
Strong's KJV usage: (be) covet(-ous), cut (off), finish, fulfill, gain (greedily), get, be given to (covetousness), greedy, perform, be wounded.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 10:3Strong's last: Psalms 10:3
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For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
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covetous
COVETOUS, adjective
1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; in a good sense; as covetous of wisdom, virtue or learning.
2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess; directed to money or goods, avaricious.
A bishop must not be covetous 1 Timothy 3:3.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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