Envy
φθόνοςStrong’s G5355phthonos
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Phthonos is the Greek word usually translated “envy”, “envyings” and “envies”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,”
Meaning
Usually translated “envy”, “envyings” and “envies”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- envy 6
- of envy 1
- envyings 1
- envies 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Romans 1
- Galatians 1
- Philippians 1
- 1 Timothy 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Titus 3:3In contextFor we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
- Matthew 27:18For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
- Mark 15:10For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
- Romans 1:29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
- Galatians 5:21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
- Philippians 1:15Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
Greek dictionary
φθόνος phthonos · envy
φθόνος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX: Wis.2:24 6:23, 1Ma.8:16, 3Ma.6:7 * ;] envy: Rom.1:29, Gal.5:21, 1Ti.6:4, Tit.3:3, 1Pe.2:1; διὰ φθόνον, Mat.27:18, Mrk.15:10, Php.1:15; πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τ. πνεῦμα (on the meaning, see R, txt., mg. 1, 2; Hort, Ja., 93 f.), Jas.4:5.† (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.]
- 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
- 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.
- Rivalry; competition. [Little used.]
- Malice; malignity.
- 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.