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Strong's #5355: phthonos (pronounced fthon'-os)

probably akin to the base of 5351; ill-will (as detraction), i.e. jealousy (spite):--envy.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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phthonos

1) envy

2) for envy, i.e. prompted by envy

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: probably akin to the base of G5351




Usage:

This word is used 9 times:

Matthew 27:18: "he knew that for envy they had delivered him."
Mark 15:10: "had delivered him for envy."
Romans 1:29: "covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity;"
Galatians 5:21: " Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which"
Philippians 1:15: "Christ even of envy and strife; and some"
1 Timothy 6:4: "strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil"
Titus 3:3: "in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another."
James 4:5: "us lusteth to envy?"
1 Peter 2:1: "and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,"









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