G866 – Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Strong’s Dictionary

ἀφιλάργυρος

sharpeners

from G1 (as negative particle) and G5366; without avarice: without avarice, not miserly.

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Tuggy Dictionary

ἀφιλάργυρος, ον. That he does not love money, selfless: 1Ti 3: 3; Hebrews 13:5. ἀφίλετο. see ἀφαιρέω. 851.

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Swanson Dictionary

(Swanson 921)

ἀφιλάργυρος (aphilargyros), ον (on): adj.; ≡ Strong 866-LN 25.109 not loving money, free from love of money, not ambitious (1Ti 3:3; Heb 13:5+)

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Vine NT Dictionary

sharpeners (ἀφιλάργυρος, G866), No. 2, with a negative prefix. It is translated in 2Ti 3:3 as “not covetous” (KJV: “alien to covetousness”); Heb 13:5 : “without covetousness” (KJV, KJV).¶

Note: Trench, Synonyms ¶ 24, points out the main distinction between pleoxenia and filarguria, being that between greed and avarice, since the former has a much broader and deeper meaning, being “the genus of which filarguria is only the species.” The greedy man is often cruel, while the miser is simply stingy and petty.

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