1 Samuel 8:3
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
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Lucre
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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;
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αἰσχροκερδής
aischrokerdḗs · ahee-skhrok-er-dace'
3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
sordid
Strong's KJV usage: :--given to (greedy of) filthy lucre.
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 3:3Strong's last: Titus 1:7
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aischrokerdōs · ahee-skhrok-er-doce'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
sordidly
Strong's KJV usage: :--for filthy lucre's sake.
Strong's first: 1 Peter 5:2Strong's last: 1 Peter 5:2
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betsaʻ · beh'-tsah
1 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)
Strong's KJV usage: covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.
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Strong's first: 1 Samuel 8:3Strong's last: 1 Samuel 8:3
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G147
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;
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lucre
LU'CRE, noun lu'ker. [Latin lucrum.] Gain in money or goods; profit; usually in an ill sense, or with the sense of something base or unworthy.
The lust of lucre and the dread of death.
A bishop must be blameless - not given to filthy lucre Titus 1:7.
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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