Strong's Greek · G865

G865 aphilágathos

ἀφιλάγαθος

af-il-ag'-ath-os

hating good

Looking for Hebrew H865 ʼethmôwl? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G865. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

aphilágathos appears once in Scripture, in 2 Timothy 3:3. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

hostile to virtue

In the King James Version

despiser of those that are good

Derivation

from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G5358 (φιλάγαθος);

Appears 1 time in Scripture

2 Timothy 3:3

“unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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