ἘΦΘΟΝΟΥΝ, ἐφθονουν
EPHTHONOUN, ephthonoun
Sounds Like: ef-tho-NOON
Translations: they envied, they were envying, they begrudged, they were begrudging
From the root: ΦΘΟΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to envy or to begrudge. It describes the act of feeling resentment or ill-will towards someone because of their possessions, advantages, or success, or to reluctantly give or allow something to someone. It implies a sense of jealousy or a desire to withhold good from another.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Imperfect Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G5354 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
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
- ἘΦΘΟΝΗΣΕΝ — envied, begrudged, grudged, withheld out of envy
- 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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