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Greedy (24 Occurrences)
... 1. (superl.) Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very
hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey. ...
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Lucre (5 Occurrences)
... betsa'>; kerdos): Literally, "gain" (1 Samuel 8:3 Titus 1:7), hence, in the New
Testament always qualified by "filthy" (1 Timothy 3:8, "not greedy of filthy ...
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Greediness (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish
desire. Multi-Version Concordance Greediness (3 Occurrences). ...
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Fond (6 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 3:8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued,
not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money; (See NAS). ...
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Filthy (22 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS YLT NIV). 1 Timothy 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy
lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (KJV WBS YLT). ...
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Drunkard (15 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). 1 Timothy 3:3 not a drinker, not violent,
not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; (See RSV). ...
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Dishonest (33 Occurrences)
... (WEY). 1 Timothy 3:8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued,
not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money; (See NIV). ...
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Drinker (6 Occurrences)
... body. (DBY). 1 Timothy 3:3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money,
but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; (WEB WEY). 1 ...
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Pursuing (50 Occurrences)
... (YLT). 1 Timothy 3:8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued,
not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money; (See NIV). ...
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Pugnacious (2 Occurrences)
... Pugnacious (2 Occurrences). 1 Timothy 3:3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy
for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; (See NAS). ...
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Brawler (3 Occurrences)
... Brawler (3 Occurrences). 1 Timothy 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy
of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (KJV ASV WBS). ...
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Avaricious (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately
desirous of accumulating property. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Addicted (9 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 3:8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not
addicted to much wine, not greedy for money; (WEB WEY NAS RSV). ...
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Sordid (4 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 3:8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued,
not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money; (See NAS). ...
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Gain (142 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 5:10 not that in this world you are to keep wholly aloof from such
as they, any more than from people who are avaricious and greedy of gain, or ...
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Violent (151 Occurrences)
... NIV). 1 Timothy 3:3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but
gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; (WEB RSV NIV). 2 ...
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Greek (19 Occurrences)

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Lion (92 Occurrences)
... of David's warriors (1 Chronicles 12:8) that their "faces were like the faces of
lions." David's enemy (Psalm 17:12) "is like a lion that is greedy of his prey ...
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Wine (282 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but
patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (KJV DBY WBS YLT NAS). ...
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Quarrelsome (9 Occurrences)
... (WEY). 1 Timothy 3:3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but
gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; (WEB WEY RSV NIV). ...
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Unsatisfied (3 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:19 who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to
lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust. (DBY). ...
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Ostrich (9 Occurrences)
... times has a struggle to swallow whole prey it has taken, but the mere fact that
it is a night hunter forever shuts it from the class of greedy and promiscuous ...
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Overseer (84 Occurrences)
... Titus 1:7 For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing,
not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest ...
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Owners (19 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 1:19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes
away the life of its owners. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT). ...
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Over-fond (1 Occurrence)
... must be of blameless life, not over-fond of having his own way, not a man of a
passionate temper nor a hard drinker, not given to blows nor greedy of gain, (WEY ...
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Lurking (4 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS). Psalms 17:12 He is like a lion that is greedy of
his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. ...
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Gratified (4 Occurrences)
... (See JPS). Proverbs 28:25 He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; But
he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat. (See JPS). ...
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Greedily (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In a greedy manner. Multi-Version Concordance
Greedily (7 Occurrences). Ephesians 4:19 Such men ...
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Gentle (48 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 3:3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle,
not quarrelsome, not covetous; (WEB ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Gains (19 Occurrences)
... YLT). Proverbs 1:19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;
it taketh away the life of the owners thereof. (See NAS). ...
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Glutton (4 Occurrences)
... It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. 4. (a.) Gluttonous;
greedy; gormandizing. 5. (vt & i.) To glut; to eat voraciously. Int. ...
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Grasping (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Seizing; embracing; catching. 2. (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous;
close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Wholly (67 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 5:10 not that in this world you are to keep wholly aloof from such
as they, any more than from people who are avaricious and greedy of gain, or ...
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Worshippers (45 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 5:10 not that in this world you are to keep wholly aloof from such
as they, any more than from people who are avaricious and greedy of gain, or ...
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Idols (186 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 5:10 not that in this world you are to keep wholly aloof from such
as they, any more than from people who are avaricious and greedy of gain, or ...
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Indulging (4 Occurrences)
... (WEY). 1 Timothy 3:8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued,
not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money; (See NIV). ...
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Faction (4 Occurrences)
... but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any
kind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and ...
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Trusts (35 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Proverbs 28:25 One who is greedy stirs up strife; but
one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Troubleth (12 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). Proverbs 15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own
house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). ...
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Renounces (2 Occurrences)
... Renounces (2 Occurrences). Psalms 10:3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings.
He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh. (See RSV). ...
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Rapacious (3 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as,
rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Reviles (5 Occurrences)
... See RSV). Psalms 10:3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He
blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh. (See NIV). Psalms ...
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Raven (7 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To obtain or seize by violence. 6. (vt) To devour with great eagerness.
7. (vi) To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. Int. ...
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Reverent (8 Occurrences)
... Reverent (8 Occurrences). 1 Timothy 3:8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent,
not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money; (WEB). ...
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Easily (15 Occurrences)
... Titus 1:7 For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing,
not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest ...
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Dignity (14 Occurrences)
... (WEY NAS). 1 Timothy 3:8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not
double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money; (See NAS). ...
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Demeanour (3 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 3:8 Deacons, in the same way, must be men of serious demeanour, not
double-tongued, nor addicted to much wine, nor greedy of base gain, (WEY). ...
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Deaconess (1 Occurrence)
... of appointment of a bishop or overseer, Paul continues: "Deacons in like manner
must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy ...
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Doubletongued (1 Occurrence)
... Doubletongued (1 Occurrence). 1 Timothy 3:8 Likewise must the deacons be grave,
not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; (KJV). ...
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Double-tongued (1 Occurrence)
... 1 Timothy 3:8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not
addicted to much wine, not greedy for money; (WEB WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV ...
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Deacons (5 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 3:8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to
much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; (KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Passionate (6 Occurrences)
... must be of blameless life, not over-fond of having his own way, not a man of a
passionate temper nor a hard drinker, not given to blows nor greedy of gain ...
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Pig (4 Occurrences)
... See Mine pig, under Mine. 5. (n.) One who is hoggish; a greedy person. 6. (vt &
i.) To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow. ...
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Possessors (14 Occurrences)
... YLT). Proverbs 1:19 So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain:
it taketh away the life of its possessors. (DBY NAS RSV). ...
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Patient (34 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). 1 Timothy 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy
lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (KJV WBS). ...
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Peaceable (9 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS YLT RSV). 1 Timothy 3:3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for
money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; (See NAS). ...
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Blameless (81 Occurrences)
... Titus 1:7 For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing,
not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest ...
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Boasts (18 Occurrences)
... NAS). Psalms 10:3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses
the greedy, and condemns Yahweh. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Psalms ...
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Bribes (14 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Proverbs 15:27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house,
but he who hates bribes will live. (WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Blesses (18 Occurrences)
... (Root in YLT NAS). Psalms 10:3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings.
He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh. (WEB NIV). ...
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Covetous (11 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV). 1 Timothy 3:3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy
for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; (WEB KJV WEY WBS). ...
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Crouching (8 Occurrences)
... YLT). Psalms 17:12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were
a young lion lurking in secret places. (See NIV). Ezekiel ...
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Cravings (17 Occurrences)
... ever. (WEY). Psalms 10:3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He
blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh. (WEB NIV). Psalms ...
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Compelled (22 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 5:10 not that in this world you are to keep wholly aloof from such
as they, any more than from people who are avaricious and greedy of gain, or ...
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Condemns (11 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 10:3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings.
He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh. (WEB). Proverbs ...
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Angered (13 Occurrences)
... Titus 1:7 For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing,
not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest ...
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Appetite (22 Occurrences)
... al nephesh "a man given to appetite"; Ecclesiastes 6:7, "the nephesh is not filled."
In Isaiah 56:11, "strong of nephesh" is translated "greedy." Nephesh means ...
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Aloof (15 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 5:10 not that in this world you are to keep wholly aloof from such
as they, any more than from people who are avaricious and greedy of gain, or ...
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Arrogant (60 Occurrences)
... Titus 1:7 For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing,
not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest ...
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Spurns (5 Occurrences)
... Psalms 10:3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy,
and condemns Yahweh. (See NAS). Psalms 36:4 He plots iniquity on his bed. ...
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Stirs (23 Occurrences)
... A whisperer separates close friends. (WEB NIV). Proverbs 28:25 One who is greedy
stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Self-pleasing (1 Occurrence)
... Titus 1:7 For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing,
not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest ...
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Sincere (18 Occurrences)
... (WEY NAS RSV NIV). 1 Timothy 3:8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not
double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money; (See NIV). ...
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Striker (3 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but
patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT). ...
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Self-willed (4 Occurrences)
... Titus 1:7 For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not
soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; (ASV WBS NAS ...
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Serious (31 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 3:8 Deacons, in the same way, must be men of serious demeanour, not
double-tongued, nor addicted to much wine, nor greedy of base gain, (WEY BBE RSV). ...
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Temper (14 Occurrences)
... must be of blameless life, not over-fond of having his own way, not a man of a
passionate temper nor a hard drinker, not given to blows nor greedy of gain ...
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Deacon (4 Occurrences)
... of appointment of a bishop or overseer, Paul continues: "Deacons in like manner
must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy ...
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Paths (65 Occurrences)
... NIV). Proverbs 1:19 So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it
taketh away the life of its possessors. (DBY YLT). Proverbs ...
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