Lexical Summary phthonos: envy Original Word: φθόνοςTransliteration: phthonos Phonetic Spelling: (fthon'-os) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: envy Meaning: envy Strong's Concordance envy. Probably akin to the base of phtheiro; ill-will (as detraction), i.e. Jealousy (spite) -- envy. see GREEK phtheiro Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5355: φθόνοςφθόνος, φθόνου, ὁ, from (Pindar and) Herodotus down, envy: Romans 1:29; Galatians 5:21; 1 Timothy 6:4; Titus 3:3; 1 Peter 2:1; διά φθόνον, for envy, i. e. prompted by envy (see διαφθονος B. II. 2b.), Matthew 27:18; Mark 15:10; Philippians 1:15 (Dio Cassius, 44, 36); πρός φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τό πνεῦμα ὁ κατῴκησεν (but see κατοικίζω) ἐν ἡμῖν; doth the Spirit which took up its abode within us (i. e. the Holy Spirit) long enviously? (see πρός, I. 3 g.), James 4:5 (but T (WH in second marginal reading) drop the interrogative); see on the passage Grimm in the Theol. Studien und Kritiken for 1854, p. 934ff. (Synonym: see ζῆλος, 2 at the end.) |
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