Money, Love Of
MONEY, LOVE OF [isbe]
MONEY, LOVE OF - (philarguria, 1 Tim 6:10, literally, "love of silver"; compare corresponding "lovers of money" (Lk 16:14; 2 Tim 8:2), equivalent to "avarice"): The vice that seeks to retain and hoard all that is acquired (Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament, xxiv); described as "a root of all kinds of evil."See also COVETOUSNESS.
