He which will yield to Fear. muſt neceſſarily yield to Covetouſneſs or any inordinate Deſire.
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Covetousness
//ˈkʌvətəsnəs//
Synonyms for "covetousness" (21 found)
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22 translations across 17 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- begerigheid noun (desire for the possession of something)
Estonian
1 entries- ihalus noun (desire for the possession of something)
Farefare
1 entries- sũkiire noun (desire for the possession of something)
Finnish
2 entries- ahneus noun (desire for the possession of something)
- kateus noun (desire for the possession of something)
French
1 entries- convoitise noun (desire for the possession of something)
Galician
1 entries- cobiza noun (desire for the possession of something)
Georgian
1 entries- ხარბობა noun (desire for the possession of something)
German
2 entries- Gier noun (desire for the possession of something)
- Habsucht noun (desire for the possession of something)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽𐍃 noun (desire for the possession of something)
Irish
1 entries- antlás noun (desire for the possession of something)
Malayalam
2 entries- അത്യാഗ്രഹം noun (desire for the possession of something)
- ലുബ്ധത noun (desire for the possession of something)
Persian
1 entries- حرص noun (desire for the possession of something)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Janka noun (desire for the possession of something)
Polish
2 entries- chciwość noun (desire for the possession of something)
- pożądliwość noun (desire for the possession of something)
Romanian
2 entries- poftă nemăsurată noun (desire for the possession of something)
- râvnire excesivă noun (desire for the possession of something)
Spanish
1 entries- codicia noun (desire for the possession of something)
Swedish
1 entries- begärelse noun (desire for the possession of something)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Covetouſneſs is the yelow Jaundice of the foul, which ariſes from the over-flowing of the heart with love to yellow gold, by which a Chriſtian is dull'd and deadned.
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Covetousness prevents all good, and is and inlet and encouragement to evil.
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In obvious compensation and opposition the fear of nothingness becomes the source of covetousness...
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