Quick Definition
selfish
Strong's Definition
fond of self, i.e. selfish
Derivation: from G5384 (φίλος) and G846 (αὐτός);
KJV Usage: lover of own self
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φίλαυτος, φιλαυτον. (φίλος and αὐτός), loving oneself; too intent on one's own interests, selfish: 2Ti_3:2. (Aris. tot. ((cf. φιλάγαθος); rhet. 1, 11, 26 (where cf. Cope) ἀνάγκη πάντας φιλαυτους αἰναι ἐ μᾶλλον ἤ ἧττον; Philo, legg. alleg. 1, 15; Plutarch, (Epictetus), Lucian, Sextus Empiricus; διά τό φύσει πάντας εἶναι φιλαυτους, Josephus, Antiquities 3, 8, 1.) (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § xciii.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φίλαυτος philautos 1x
self-loving; selfish, 2Ti_3:2
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* φίλ -αυτος , -ον ,
loving oneself ( Arist .); in bad sense ( ib .), selfish: 2Ti_3:2 .†
SYN.: αὐθάδης G829 ( v. Tr., Syn. , § xciii).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φίλαυτος [page 669]
loving self, occurs in Bibl. Greek only in 2Ti. 3:2 : cf. Philo Leg. Allegr. 1. 49 (ed. Cohn) φίλαυτος δὲ καὶ ἄθεος ὁ νοῦς οἰόμενος ἴσος εἶναι θεῷ . For the corr. subst. see P Par 26 .1. 10 (B.C. 163) (= UPZ i. p. 247, Selections , p. 14) δι᾽ ὀλίων ( l. ὀλίγων᾽ τὴν ατῶν ἀδικούντων ἡμᾶκ φιλαυτίαν ἐχθεῖναι . For φίλαυτος and φιλαυτία ., Waddell ( Selections , p. 178) refers to Plato Laws 731 D and the discussion in Aristot. Eth . N. ix. 8.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
φίλαυτος φίλ-αυτος, ον, [Etym: αὑτοῦ] "loving oneself", Arist.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φίλ-αυτος, -ον
loving oneself (Arist.); in bad sense (ib.), selfish: 2Ti.3:2.†
SYN.: αὐθάδης (see Tr., Syn., § xciii) (AS)