Covet

COVET, Ex 20:17, COV'ETOUSNESS. Ex 18:21. To covet is to desire strongly. 1 Cor 12:31. When such a desire is felt for that which we cannot lawfully possess, it is sinful and becomes covetousness, which is idolatry, Col 3:5, for it is placing the heart and affections on the creature rather than on the Creator. Covetousness has relation commonly to riches, and, in the scriptural sense, includes the desire of accumulating, whatever may be the means. Prov 28:16; Eccl 5:10; Luke 12:15-34; 1 Tim 6:9-10.

COVET, Ex 20:17, COV'ETOUSNESS. Ex 18:21. To covet is to desire strongly. 1 Cor 12:31. When such a desire is felt for that which we cannot lawfully possess, it is sinful and becomes covetousness, which is idolatry, Col 3:5, for it is placing the heart and affections on the creature rather than on the Creator. Covetousness has relation commonly to riches, and, in the scriptural sense, includes the desire of accumulating, whatever may be the means. Prov 28:16; Eccl 5:10; Luke 12:15-34; 1 Tim 6:9-10.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sen Covet earnestly the best gifts. 1. Cor. xxii. 31. If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive. Shak.

2. To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden). Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. Ex. xx. 17.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To have or indulge inordinate desire. Which [money] while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith. 1 Tim. vi. 10.