Strong's Concordance philautos: loving oneself Original Word: φίλαυτος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: philautos Phonetic Spelling: (fil'-ow-tos) Short Definition: selfish Definition: self-loving, selfish. HELPS Word-studies 5367 phílautos (an adjective, derived from 5384 /phílos, "lover" and 846 /autós, "of self") – properly, a lover of self, describing someone preoccupied with their own selfish desires (self-interests). It is only used in 2 Tim 3:2. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5367: φίλαυτοςφίλαυτος, φιλαυτον. ( φίλος and αὐτός), loving oneself; too intent on one's own interests, selfish: 2 Timothy 3:2. (Aris. tot. ((cf. φιλάγαθος); rhet. 1, 11, 26 (where cf. Cope) ἀνάγκη πάντας φιλαυτους αἰναι ἐ μᾶλλον ἤ ἧττον; Philo, legg. alleg. 1, 15; Plutarch, ( Epictetus), Lucian, Sextus Empiricus; διά τό φύσει πάντας εἶναι φιλαυτους, Josephus, Antiquities 3, 8, 1.) (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § xciii.) |
