Philarguria denotes the money-directed desire that 1 Timothy 6:10 identifies as a source of evils and griefs.

In 1 Timothy 6:10, φιλαργυρία names the money-directed desire identified as a root of evils; those reaching after it are described as wandering from the faith and piercing themselves with many griefs.

1. Money-directed desire with harmful consequences · dominant

   In 1 Timothy 6:10, the nominative singular feminine noun stands in the clause identifying it as a root of evils. The APB renders the verse, "For the love of money is a root of all evils," and continues by describing people who reach after it, wander from the faith, and pierce themselves with many griefs.

   1 Timothy 6:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Timothy 6:10, the APB presents the term in the clause "the love of money is a root of all evils." That wording is treated as the verse's presentation rather than a precise lexical equation.