Lexical Summary
aphilarguros: Free from the love of money, not greedy
Original Word: ἀφιλάργυρος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: aphilarguros
Pronunciation: a-fi-LAR-goo-ros
Phonetic Spelling: (af-il-ar'-goo-ros)
KJV: without covetousness, not greedy of filthy lucre
NASB: free from the love, free from the love of money
Word Origin: [from G1 (α - Alpha) (as a negative particle) and G5366 (φιλάργυρος - lovers of money)]
1. without fondness of silver (money)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
without covetousness, not greedy.
From a (as a negative particle) and philarguros; unavaricious -- without covetousness, not greedy of filthy lucre.
see GREEK a
see GREEK philarguros
HELPS Word-studies
866 aphilárgyros (from 1 /A, "not," 5368 /philéō, "fond of" and 696 /árgyros, "silver") – properly, "not fond of silver," i.e. not covetous for money; free from the love of materialism; not dominated (over-influenced) by the desire for financial gain; non-materialistic. See also 5365 /philargyría ("love of money").
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
alpha (as a neg. prefix) and
philargurosDefinitionwithout love of money
NASB Translationfree from the love of money (1), free from the love (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 866: ἀφιλάργυροςἀφιλάργυρος,
ἀφιλάργυρον (alpha privative and
φιλάργυρος),
not loving money, not avaricios; only in the N. T., twice viz.
1 Timothy 3:3;
Hebrews 13:5. (Cf.
Trench, § xxiv.)