ἘΠΙΦΘΟΝΟΙ, ἐπιφθονοι
EPIPHTHONOI, epiphthonoi
Sounds Like: ep-IF-thon-oy
Translations: envious, an envious one, subject to envy, ill-disposed, hateful
From the root: ΕΠΙΦΘΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is envious, or someone who is an object of envy. It can also mean someone who is ill-disposed towards others, or hateful. It is used to describe a characteristic of a person or group.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2188 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 15:7
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.
- ἘΠΙΦΘΟΝΑ — enviable, an enviable, subject to envy, causing envy, invidious
- ἘΠΙΦΘΟΝΟΥ — (of) enviable, (of) envied, (of) hateful, (of) odious, (of) grudging
- ΕΠΙΦΘΟΝΟΣ — envious, invidious, hateful, grudging
- ΕΠΙΦΘΟΝΩΣ — enviously, grudgingly, jealously
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