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Lexicon :: Strong's G5355 - phthonos

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φθόνος
Transliteration
phthonos (Key)
Pronunciation
fthon'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably akin to the base of φθείρω (G5351)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Trench's Synonyms: xxvi. ζῆλος, φθόνος.

Strong’s Definitions

φθόνος phthónos, fthon'-os; probably akin to the base of G5351; ill-will (as detraction), i.e. jealousy (spite):—envy.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G5355 in the following manner: envy (8x), envying (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G5355 in the following manner: envy (8x), envying (1x).

  1. envy

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φθόνος phthónos, fthon'-os; probably akin to the base of G5351; ill-will (as detraction), i.e. jealousy (spite):—envy.
STRONGS G5355:
φθόνος, 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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
27:18
Mark
15:10
Romans
1:29
Galatians
5:21
Philippians
1:15
1 Timothy
6:4
Titus
3:3
James
4:5
1 Peter
2:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5355 matches the Greek φθόνος (phthonos),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:18 - For Pilate knew that it was because of jealousy that the chief priests and elders had handed Jesus over to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:10 - For he was aware that the chief priests had turned Jesus over to him because of envy and resentment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:29 - until they were filled (permeated, saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice and mean-spiritedness. They are gossips [spreading rumors],

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:21 - envy, drunkenness, riotous behavior, and other things like these. I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:15 - Some, it is true, are [actually] preaching Christ out of envy and rivalry [toward me—for no better reason than a competitive spirit or misguided ambition], but others out of goodwill and a loyal spirit [toward me].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:4 - he is conceited and woefully ignorant [understanding nothing]. He has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, which produces envy, quarrels, verbal abuse, evil suspicions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:3 - For we too once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various sinful desires and pleasures, spending and wasting our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:5 - Or do you think that the Scripture says to no purpose [fn]that the [human] [fn]spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:1 -

So put aside every trace of malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander and hateful speech;

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