Strong's Lexicon philautos: Self-loving, selfish Original Word: φίλαυτος 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. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom philos and autos Definition loving oneself NASB Translation lovers of self (1). 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.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance lover of self. From philos and autos; fond of self, i.e. Selfish -- lover of own self. see GREEK philos see GREEK autos Forms and Transliterations φιλαυτοι φίλαυτοι φιλεχθρήσης philautoi phílautoiLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |
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