Dictionary

covetousness

Webster 1828

COVETOUSNESS, noun 1. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; usually in a bad sense, and applied to an inordinate desire of wealth or avarice.Out of the heart proceedeth covetousness Mark 7:22.Mortify your members--and covetousness which is idolatry. Colossians 3:5.2. Strong desire; eagerness