ἘΠΙΦΘΟΝΑ, ἐπιφθονα
EPIPHTHONA, epiphthona
Sounds Like: eh-PIF-tho-nah
Translations: enviable, an enviable, subject to envy, causing envy, invidious
From the root: ΕΠΙΦΘΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is subject to envy or causes envy. It can refer to things that are so good or prosperous that they provoke jealousy in others, or to actions that are likely to incur ill will. It is used to describe a state or quality that makes one an object of envy.
Inflection: Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G2188 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 2:41
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΦΘΟΝΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΦΘΟΝΟΙ — envious, an envious one, subject to envy, ill-disposed, hateful
- ἘΠΙΦΘΟΝΟΥ — (of) enviable, (of) envied, (of) hateful, (of) odious, (of) grudging
- ΕΠΙΦΘΟΝΟΣ — envious, invidious, hateful, grudging
- ΕΠΙΦΘΟΝΩΣ — enviously, grudgingly, jealously
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