ἘΦΘΟΝΗΣΕΝ, ἐφθονησεν
EPHTHONĒSEN, ephthonēsen
Sounds Like: ef-tho-NEE-sen
Translations: envied, begrudged, grudged, withheld out of envy
From the root: ΦΘΟΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of feeling or showing envy, or of begrudging something to someone. It implies a reluctance to share or grant something due to a feeling of ill-will or jealousy towards another's possessions or advantages. It can also mean to withhold something out of envy.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G5354 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 16:248
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΘΟΝΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΦΘΟΝΗΘΗ — was envied, was grudged
- ἘΦΘΟΝΗΜΕΝΗΝ — envied, grudged, begrudged, a grudged thing, an envied thing
- ἘΦΘΟΝΗΣΑΝ — they envied, they begrudged
- ἘΦΘΟΝΗΣΑΤΕ — you envied, you grudged, you were jealous
- ἘΦΘΟΝΗΣΕ — envied, grudged, begrudged
- ἘΦΘΟΝΟΥΝ — they envied, they were envying, they begrudged, they were begrudging
- ΜΕΝΦΘΟΝΩ — to envy, to begrudge, to be jealous
- ΦΘΟΝΕΙΝ — to envy, to begrudge, to be jealous
- ΦΘΟΝΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to be envied, to be grudged, to be resented
- ΦΘΟΝΕΣΑΤΩ — let him envy, let him begrudge, let him be jealous, let him grudge
- ΦΘΟΝΕΩ — to envy, to be jealous, to begrudge, to grudge
- ΦΘΟΝΗΘΕΝΤΑΣ — having been envied, those who have been envied
- ΦΘΟΝΗΘΗΝΑΙ — to be envied, to be grudged, to be resented
- ΦΘΟΝΗΣΑΙ — to envy, to begrudge, to be jealous of
- ΦΘΟΝΗΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of envying, of having envied, of grudging, of having grudged
- ΦΘΟΝΗΣΑΝΤΩΝ — of those who envied, of those who were jealous, of those who begrudged
- ΦΘΟΝΗΣΕΙΣ — you will envy, you will begrudge, you will be jealous of
- ΦΘΟΝΗΣΩΜΕΝ — to envy, to begrudge, to be jealous of
- ΦΘΟΝΟΥΜΕΝΟΝ — being envied, being grudged
- ΦΘΟΝΟΥΝΤΕΣ — envying, being envious, grudging, being jealous
- ΦΘΟΝΟΥΣΙ — they envy, they begrudge, they are jealous
- ΦΘΟΝΩΝ — envying, begrudging, being envious, being jealous
- ΦΘΟΝΩΣΙΝ — they may envy, they may begrudge, they may be jealous
- ΦΘΥΟΤΕΣ — envying, begrudging, being envious, being grudging
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