Lover

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Φιλόθεος (Strong'S #5377 — Adjective — philotheos — fil-oth'-eh-os )

"a lover of God,"  2—Timothy 3:4 .

2: Φιλόξενος (Strong'S #5382 — Adjective — philoxenos — fil-ox'-en-os )

"loving strangers" (xenia, "hospitality"), translated "a lover of hospitality" in  Titus 1:8 , AV (RV, "given to h."); elsewhere, in  1—Timothy 3:2;  1—Peter 4:9 . See Hospitality.

3: Φιλάγαθος (Strong'S #5358 — Adjective — philagathos — fil-ag'-ath-os )

"loving that which is good" (agathos),  Titus 1:8 , "a lover of good," RV.

 2—Timothy 3:3

4: Φιλάργυρος (Strong'S #5366 — Adjective — philarguros — fil-ar'-goo-ros )

"loving money" (arguros, "silver"), translated "lovers of money" in  Luke 16:14;  2—Timothy 3:2 , RV (AV, "covetous"). See Covetous.

5: Φίλαυτος (Strong'S #5367 — Adjective — philautos — fil'-ow-tos )

"loving oneself,"  2—Timothy 3:2 , RV.

6: Φιλήδονος (Strong'S #5369 — Adjective — philedonos — fil-ay'-don-os )

"loving pleasure" (hedone, "pleasure"),  2—Timothy 3:4 , "lovers of pleasure."

 Romans 12:10Affection 1—Timothy 3:3 Hebrews 13:5Covetous.

King James Dictionary

LOV'ER, n.

1. One who loves one who has a tender affection, particularly for a female.

Love is blind, and lovers cannot see -

2. A friend one who regards with kindness.

Your brother and his lover have embraced.

3. One who likes or is pleased with any thing as a lover of books or of science a lover of wine a lover of religion.

Lover and loover. See Louver.

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

luv´ẽr ( אהב , 'ōhēbh , אהב , 'āhēbh ): In the Old Testament 'ōhēbh , from 'āhēbh , "to love," is sometimes "lover" in the sense of "friend," in the older English sense of the word (  1 Kings 5:1 , "Hiram was ever a lover of David";  Psalm 38:11;  Psalm 88:18;  Lamentations 1:2 ); more frequently it has the meaning of "lover" in the special sense, sometimes in the evil sense of the word ( Jeremiah 22:20 ,  Jeremiah 22:22;  Jeremiah 30:14;  Ezekiel 16:33 ,  Ezekiel 16:36 f, etc.;   Hosea 2:5 ,  Hosea 2:7 ,  Hosea 2:10 , etc.); ‛āghabh , "to love" ( Jeremiah 4:30 ), rēa' , "companion" ( Jeremiah 3:1 ), and 'ăhābhı̄m , "loves" ( Hosea 8:9 ), are also translated "lovers" in this sense.

In the New Testament the simple word "lover" does not occur, but we have various compound words, philótheos "lover of God" (  2 Timothy 3:4 ); philágathos , "lover of good," and philóxenos , "lover of hospitality" ( Titus 1:8 ); phı́lautos , "lover of self" ( 2 Timothy 3:2 ); philḗdonos , "lover of pleasure" ( 2 Timothy 3:4 ).

In the Revised Version (British and American) we have, for "a lover of hospitality" ( Titus 1:8 ), "given to"; for "covetous" ( Luke 16:14;  2 Timothy 3:2 ), "lovers of money"; for "not covetous" ( 1 Timothy 3:3 ), "no lover of money"; for "despisers of them that are good" ( 2 Timothy 3:3 ), "no lovers of good."