Greediness

Usually translated “covetousness”, “covetous desires” and “greediness”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• covetousness 6
• covetous desires 1
• greediness 1
• for greed 1
• in craving 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• Ephesians 2
• 2 Peter 2
• Mark 1
• Luke 1
• Romans 1
• 2 Corinthians 1

8 books in all.

• 2 Peter 2:14In contextHaving eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
• Mark 7:22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
• Luke 12:15And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
• Romans 1:29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
• 2 Corinthians 9:5Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
• Ephesians 4:19Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “greediness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.