The dictionary defines 'covet' as desiring greatly. So we are not to even think of wanting to take anything that is the property of our neighbour.
This word is seldom used nowadays, but is in the tenth commandment, which is an injunction against coveting a neighbour's property, including his house, his wife or his slaves ('man-servants', 'maid-servants') - Exodus 20:17 : "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's." In the Old Testament, the word 'neighbour' applied to other Jews but not to gentiles, so this was not an injunction against coveting anything that belongs to someone outside the group.
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The dictionary defines 'covet' as desiring greatly. So we are not to even think of wanting to take anything that is the property of our neighbour.
This word is seldom used nowadays, but is in the tenth commandment, which is an injunction against coveting a neighbour's property, including his house, his wife or his slaves ('man-servants', 'maid-servants') - Exodus 20:17 : "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's." In the Old Testament, the word 'neighbour' applied to other Jews but not to gentiles, so this was not an injunction against coveting anything that belongs to someone outside the group.
Covetousness means to want something someone else has. It is sort of like another word for greedy.
To 'covet' means to set your mind upon something - a strong earnest desire to have. As such it can be either good (see 1 Corinthians 12:31) or bad (see Matthew 5:28) and is for us to control.
1 Corinthians 5:11 - But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner - not even to eat with such a person.[NKJV]
Ephesians 5:5 - For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. [NKJV]"For this you know..." The teaching that follows isn't new; it's a reminder to the Ephesian Christians of things they've already been taught."...that no..." Everything to come is being disqualified."...fornicator..." Someone who indulges in illicit sexual activity; by the biblical standard, any sexual activity outside of marriage."...unclean person..." In context, a reference to overall morality; someone who is habitually "unclean" in thought and life."...nor covetous man..." "Covetous" means "eager to have more, especially things that belong to others." Another meaning is "greedy for gain."" who is an idolater..." This is a major revelation. God sees man's greed exactly the same way He sees idol worship, because it puts something else (which can be ANYTHING one covets) ahead of Him."...has any inheritance..." The New Testament often speaks of eternal salvation as the "inheritance." (See Matthew 19:29; 25:34; Acts 20:32; 26:18; 1 Corinthians 6:9 and others.)"...in the kingdom of Christ..." This is a reference to the earthly manifestation of the kingdom; Christ's church. (See Colossians 1:13; Revelation 1:9, which speak of the kingdom as already in existence.)"...and God." The everlasting kingdom; the eternal inheritance of the saved.
No, but sometimes "average" means "mean" - when it doesn't mean median, geometric mean, or something else entirely.
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See mean-8. Or get a dictionary.