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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
 

Lover:

This is combined with other words, forming compound adjectives as follows:

1 Strong's Number: g5377 Greek: philotheos

Lover:

"a lover of God," 2Ti 3:4.

2 Strong's Number: g5382 Greek: philoxenos

Lover:

"loving strangers" (xenia, "hospitality"), translated "a lover of hospitality" in Tts 1:8, AV (RV, "given to h."); elsewhere, in 1Ti 3:2; 1Pe 4:9.
See HOSPITALITY.

3 Strong's Number: g5358 Greek: philagathos

Lover:

"loving that which is good" (agathos), Tts 1:8, "a lover of good," RV.

Note: The negative aphilagathos is found in 2Ti 3:3, "no lovers of good."

4 Strong's Number: g5366 Greek: philarguros

Lover:

"loving money" (arguros, "silver"), translated "lovers of money" in Luk 16:14; 2Ti 3:2, RV (AV, "covetous").
See COVETOUS.

5 Strong's Number: g5367 Greek: philautos

Lover:

"loving oneself," 2Ti 3:2, RV.

6 Strong's Number: g5369 Greek: philedonos

Lover:

"loving pleasure" (hedone, "pleasure"), 2Ti 3:4, "lovers of pleasure."

Note: For "loving warmly," Rom 12:10, see AFFECTION, B, No. 2. For aphilarguros, "no lover of money," 1Ti 3:3, RV, and Hbr 13:5, RV, see COVETOUS.

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