Original Word: φθονέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: phthoneó
Pronunciation: fthon-eh'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (fthon-eh'-o)
KJV: envy
NASB: envying
Word Origin: [from G5355 (φθόνος - envy)]

1. to be jealous of

envy.

From phthonos; to be jealous of -- envy.

see GREEK phthonos

Cognate: 5354 phthonéō (from 5355 /phthónos) – to envy, becoming bitter (sour) because of another person's success. 5354 /phthonéō is used only in Gal 5:26. See 5355 (phthonos).

Word Origin
from phthonos
Definition
to envy
NASB Translation
envying (1).

STRONGS NT 5354: φθονέω

φθονέω, φθόνῳ; (φθόνος); from Homer down; to envy: τίνι, one, Galatians 5:26 (here L text Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading read the accusative; see Buttmann, § 132, 15 Rem.; Winer's Grammar, § 31, 1 b.).

Forms and Transliterations

φθονουντες φθονούντες φθονοῦντες phthonountes phthonoûntes

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