Lexical Summary aischrokerdēs: greedy of base gain Original Word: αἰσχροκερδήςTransliteration: aischrokerdēs Phonetic Spelling: (ahee-skhrok-er-dace') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: greedy of base gain Meaning: greedy of base gain Strong's Concordance greedy, given to filthy lucre. From aischros and kerdos (gain); sordid -- given to (greedy of) filthy lucre. see GREEK aischros Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 146: αἰσχροκερδήςαἰσχροκερδής, (ές (αἰσχρός and κέρδος; cf. αἰσχροπαθής in Philo (de mere. meretr. § 4)), eager for base gain (greedy of filthy lucre): 1 Timothy 3:3 Rec., 8; Titus 1:7. (Herodotus 1, 187; Xenophon, Plato, others; (cf.turpilucricupidus, Plautus Trin. 1, 2, 63).) |
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