covetousness

  • 1Covetousness — • Generally, an unreasonable desire for what we do not possess Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Covetousness     Covetousness      …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 2COVETOUSNESS — COVETOUSNESS, condemned and prohibited in the tenth commandment of the Decalogue (Ex. 20:14; Deut. 5:18), and throughout the Bible and Jewish ethical literature, particularly in the Book of Proverbs (e.g., 3:31, 14:30, etc.). Since envy may be… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 3Covetousness — Cov et*ous*ness, n. 1. Strong desire. [R.] [1913 Webster] When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4covetousness — index desire, greed Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 5covetousness — covetous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ longing to possess something. DERIVATIVES covetously adverb covetousness noun …

    English terms dictionary

  • 6covetousness — noun see covetous …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 7covetousness — See covetously. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 8covetousness — noun Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth. He which will yield to Fear. muſt neceſſarily yield to Covetouſneſs or any inordinate Deſire …

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  • 9Covetousness —    A strong desire after the possession of worldly things (Col. 3:5; Eph. 5:5; Heb. 13:5; 1 Tim. 6:9, 10; Matt. 6:20). It assumes sometimes the more aggravated form of avarice, which is the mark of cold hearted worldliness …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 10covetousness — Selfish greed, condemned by Jesus (Luke 12:15) and regarded by Paul as the kind of specific command that makes people aware of their sinfulness (Rom. 7:7) …

    Dictionary of the Bible