Money, Love Of
(philarguria, 1 Tim 6:10, literally, "love of silver"; compare corresponding "lovers of money" (Luke 16:14; 2 Tim 3:2), equivalent to "avarice"): The vice that seeks to retain and hoard all that is acquired (Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament, xxiv); described as "a root of all kinds of evil."
See also COVETOUSNESS.
Kilde: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (red. James Orr, 1915/1939), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread.