ΦΘΟΝΟΥ, φθονου
PHTHONOU, phthonou
Sounds Like: FTHO-noo
Translations: of envy, of jealousy, of ill will
From the root: ΦΘΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the feeling of envy, jealousy, or ill will towards another person, often arising from a desire for what they possess or achieve. It is used to describe a negative emotion that can lead to harmful actions or attitudes. In a sentence, it would indicate the source or object of such a feeling.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5355 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:224
Clement of Alexandria
- To the Newly Baptized — 1:2
Codex Sinaiticus
- Romans — 1:29
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 18:259
- Book 2 — 11:255
- Book 4 — 2:14
- Book 10 — 10:212, 11:256
- Book 13 — 11:310
- Book 18 — 7:241, 7:255
- Book 20 — 2:29
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 14:2
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 15:80
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 6:7
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Romans — 1:29
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΘΟΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΦΘΟΝ — envy, jealousy, ill will, a grudge
- ΦΘΟΝΕΡΩΣ — enviously, grudgingly
- ΦΘΟΝΟ — envy, jealousy, ill-will, a grudge
- ΦΘΟΝΟΙ — envies, jealousies
- ΦΘΟΝΟΝ — envy, jealousy, a grudge
- ΦΘΟΝΟΣ — envy, jealousy, a grudge, ill-will
- ΦΘΟΝΟΥΣ — envy, jealousy, ill-will, a grudge
- ΦΘΟΝΩΤΑΣ — envy, jealousy, ill-will, grudging
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