STRONGS G983:
βλαβερός,
-ά,
-όν, (
βλάπτω),
hurtful, injurious (Xenophon, mem. 1, 5, 3 opposed to
ὠφέλιμος):
1 Timothy 6:9 ἐπιθυμίαι βλαβεραί, cf.
ἡδοναὶ βλ. Xenophon, mem. 1, 3, 11. (Often in Greek writings from Homer
[i. e. h. Merc. 36 (taken from Hesiod, Works, 365)] down; once in the
Sept.,
Proverbs 10:26.)
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