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ἀφῐλ-άγᾰθος G0865
Adj-NMP  |  1× in 1 sense
not loving good, hostile to virtue; opposed to what is noble or beneficial
This rare compound adjective means 'not loving the good' or 'hostile to virtue.' Paul includes it in his grim catalog of last-days characteristics in 2 Timothy 3:3: people will be 'not loving good' (ἀφιλάγαθοι), along with being lovers of self, lovers of money, and lovers of pleasure. The term denotes an active aversion to virtue—not mere neutrality but antagonism toward the noble and beneficial. It describes those whose affections are so disordered that they despise goodness itself. Paul warns Timothy that such moral inversion will mark the final age.

Senses
1. sense 1 The translations (English 'not loving good,' Spanish 'sin amor al bien,' German 'nicht das Gute liebend') all capture the compound's negative force: ἀ-φιλάγαθοι are opposed to goodness. In 2 Timothy 3:3, this vice sits in a list of vices characterizing the 'terrible times' to come—an era when love of self eclipses love of the good, and evil becomes the preferred object of affection.
EMOTION_ATTITUDE Attitudes and Emotions Hatred and Hostility
AR["غَيْرَ-مُحِبّينَ-لِلخَيْرِ"]·ben["ভালো-বিদ্বেষী,"]·DE["nicht-das-Gute-liebend"]·EN["not-loving-good"]·FR["ἀφιλάγαθοι"]·heb["שׂוֹנְאֵי-טוֹב"]·HI["भलअयि-के-विरोधि,"]·ID["tidak-mencintai-kebaikan"]·IT["aphilagathoi"]·jav["sengit-saé,"]·KO["선-을-싫어하는-자들"]·RU["нелюбящие-добро"]·ES["sin-amor-al-bien"]·SW["wasiopenda-jema"]·TR["iyilik-sevmez"]·urd["نیکی-سے-نفرت-کرنے-والے"]

Related Senses
G2309 1. want, desire (166×)G0025 1. to love actively (133×)H0157 1. love (verb, active Qal) (129×)H8055 1. Qal: rejoice, be glad (123×)H7453 1. neighbor, fellow man (120×)G0026 1. of love (115×)H1058 1. Qal: to weep, cry (112×)H0954 1. to be ashamed, feel shame (Qal) (95×)H8057 1. joy, gladness, delight (90×)H2781 1. disgrace, shame, dishonor (68×)G2307 1. will, desire, purpose (63×)G5463 1. rejoice, be glad (63×)G0027 1. beloved (61×)H8130 1. Qal: to hate, detest (60×)G5479 1. (59×)G1680 1. (53×)H8130 2. Qal ptcp: hater, enemy (53×)H0014 1. be willing, want (51×)H0157 2. lover, friend (Qal participle substantive) (51×)H1945 1. woe (50×)

BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀφῐλ-άγᾰθος [ᾰγ], ον, notloving the good, NT