from the Lat. lucrum, “gain.” 1 Tim. 3:3<\/span>, “not given to filthy lucre.” Some MSS. have not the word so rendered, and the expression has been omitted in the Revised Version.<\/p>\n LUCRE.The Eng. word lucre is in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] always qualified by the adj. filthy, because the word itself had not then the offensive meaning it has now. Erasmus speaks of God turning mens wickedness into the lucre and encreace of godlynesse. It simply meant gain. Filthy lucre means sordid gain.<\/p>\n luker, looker (, beca; , kerdos): Literally, gain (1Sa 8:3; Tit 1:7), hence, in the New Testament always qualified by filthy (1Ti 3:8, not greedy of filthy lucre (, aischrokerdes); so Tit 1:7). The adverb is found in 1Pe 5:2 (see also Tit 1:11). In 1Ti 3:3, the Revised Version (British and American) changes the King James Version to no lover of money (, aphilarguros).<\/p>\n ‘Gain,’ such as a judge should not have wished for or accepted. 1Sa 8:3. In the N.T. it is called ‘filthy’ or ‘base gain:’ the desire for it rendered a man ineligible for the position of elder in the church, etc. 1Ti 3:3; 1Ti 3:8; Tit 1:7; Tit 1:11; 1Pe 5:2.<\/p>\n 1Ti 3:8<\/span>; Tit 1:7<\/span>; 1Pe 5:2<\/span><\/p>\n –SEE<\/strong> Covetousness, COVETOUSNESS<\/p>\n & COVETOUSNESS<\/p>\n Lucre from the Lat. lucrum, “gain.” 1 Tim. 3:3, “not given to filthy lucre.” Some MSS. have not the word so rendered, and the expression has been omitted in the Revised Version. Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary Lucre LUCRE.The Eng. word lucre is in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] always qualified by the adj. filthy, because the … Continue reading “LUCRE”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Lucre<\/h2>\n
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Lucre<\/h2>\n
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Lucre<\/h2>\n
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
LUCRE<\/h2>\n
Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"