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Covetous (φιλάργυροι)
Rev. renders literally, according to the composition of the word, lover, of money. Only here and 2Ti 3:2. Compare the kindred noun, 1Ti 6:10. The usual word for covetous is πλεονέκτης (1Co 5:10, 1Co 5:11; 1Co 6:10).
Derided (ἐξεμυκτήριζον)
Only here and Luk 23:35. Lit., to turn up the nose at. The Romans had a corresponding phrase, naso adunco suspendere, to hang on the hooked nose: i.e., to turn up the nose and make a hook of it, on which (figuratively) to hang the subject of ridicule. Thus Horace, in one of his satires, giving an account of a pretentious banquet at the house of a rich miser, describes one of the guests as hanging everything to his nose; i.e., making a joke of everything that occurred. The simple verb occurs at Gal 6:7, of mocking God.