greed

«greed» in Mova's judaism dictionary: wanting much more of something, such as money, food or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (greed, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Greed is wanting much more of something, such as money, food or power, than you need or than is fair. tree →

2) (church) Greed (also called avarice) is one of the seven deadly sins in Christian teaching. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An overwhelming wish to have more than one needs. Interpretation: Tradition counts greed as a destructive trait. Job's friends say the greedy man cannot keep what he takes, and the psalm prays for protection from the greed of enemies. In the primary lessons: In ethics, stories and fables greed often leads to trouble: King Midas wanted everything to turn to gold, and the dog with the bone lost it by being greedy. In everyday life greed means not sharing, taking more than your share. Phrases: «out of greed», «pure greed», «greed for money», «greed is good» (a famous line meant to be shocking).

examples

• Because he knew no quietness within him, in his greed he suffered nought to escape, (Writings JOB.20.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• The LORD preserve him, and keep him alive, let him be called happy in the land; and deliver not Thou him unto the greed of his enemies. (Writings PSA.41.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• The king's greed made him unhappy in the end. tree →
• He ate all the sweets out of greed. tree →
• Greed for gold made the pirates fight each other. tree →
• Sharing is the opposite of greed. tree →
• Christians count greed as one of the seven deadly sins. tree →
• The fable shows how greed can make you lose everything. tree →
• Some people cut down forests out of greed for money. tree →
• The sight of the money roused all the merchant's greed. tree →

note

Uncountable: no plural. Adjective: greedy; adverb: greedily. Related: greedy guts (UK informal, a person who eats too much). Wanting things is normal; greed is wanting too much and not caring about others.

In the corpora

• Because he knew no quietness within him, in his greed he suffered nought to escape,
• Greed is wanting more than your share; envy is being sore that someone else has something good.
• Sometimes greed goes unnoticed — nobody counts the pencils — but the person left with the broken ones still notices.
• Greed for more and more things hides what you already have.
• Places that hold rare resources become important, and sometimes the targets of greed.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «greed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.