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Lucre
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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"gain" (cp. kerdaino, "to gain, get gain"), is translated "gain" in Philippians 1:21; 3:7; "lucre" in Titus 1:11 (preceded by aischros, "filthy"). See GAIN.
denotes "greedy of base gains" (aischros, and A, as above), 1 Timothy 3:8 , "greedy of filthy lucre;" so the RV in Titus 1:7 , AV, "(given to) filthy lucre." In some mss. 1 Timothy 3:3 .
denotes "from eagerness for base gain," 1 Peter 5:2 , "for filthy lucre."
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Lucre'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​l/lucre.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Lucre'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​l/lucre.html. 1940.