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To envy

φθονέωStrong’s G5354

phthoneō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Phthoneō is the Greek word usually translated “envying”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.”
Galatians 5:26 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “envying”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • envying 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Galatians 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    φθονέω phthoneō · to envy

    φθονέω, -ῶ (φθόνος), [in LXX: Tob.4:7, 16 AB * ;] to envy: with dative (L, txt., Tr., mg., WH, mg., accusative), as in cl., Gal.5:26.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “envy” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    EN'VY, verb transitive

    [Latin invideo, in and video, to see against, that is, to look with enmity.]

    1. To feel uneasiness, mortification or discontent, at the sight of superior excellence, reputation or happiness enjoyed by another; to repine at another's prosperity; to fret or grieve one's self at the real or supposed superiority of another, and to hate him on that account.“Envy not thou the oppressor” Proverbs 3:31
    2. To grudge; to withhold maliciously.
    All definitions and other forms of “envy”

      EN'VY, noun

      Pain, uneasiness, mortification or discontent excited by the sight of another's superiority or success, accompanied with some degree of hatred or malignity, and often or usually with a desire or an effort to depreciate the person, and with pleasure in seeing him depressed. envy springs from pride, ambition or love, mortified that another has obtained what one has a strong desire to possess.

      1. Rivalry; competition. [Little used.]
      2. Malice; malignity.
      3. Public odium; ill repute; invidiousness.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.