Original Word: φθόνος, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: phthonos
Phonetic Spelling: (fthon'-os)
Short Definition: envy, a grudge
Definition: envy, a grudge, spite.

5355 phthónos (a primitive word, perhaps akin to 5351 /phtheírō, "decay, break-down, corrupt") – properly, strong feeling (desire) that sours, due to the influence of sin; (figuratively) the miserable trait of being glad when someone experiences misfortune or pain.

5355 /phthónos ("the feeling of ill-will") refers to the jealous envy that negatively "energizes" someone with an embittered mind. 5355 /phthónos ("ill-will") conveys "displeasure at another's good; . . . without longing to raise oneself to the level of him whom he envies, but only to depress the envied to his own level" (R. Trench, 90).

STRONGS NT 5355: φθόνος

φθόνος, φθόνου, ὁ, from (Pindar and) Herodotus down, envy: Romans 1:29; Galatians 5:21; 1 Timothy 6:4; Titus 3:3; 1 Peter 2:1; διά φθόνον, for envy, i. e. prompted by envy (see διαφθονος B. II. 2b.), Matthew 27:18; Mark 15:10; Philippians 1:15 (Dio Cassius, 44, 36); πρός φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τό πνεῦμα ὁ κατῴκησεν (but see κατοικίζω) ἐν ἡμῖν; doth the Spirit which took up its abode within us (i. e. the Holy Spirit) long enviously? (see πρός, I. 3 g.), James 4:5 (but T (WH in second marginal reading) drop the interrogative); see on the passage Grimm in the Theol. Studien und Kritiken for 1854, p. 934ff. (Synonym: see ζῆλος, 2 at the end.)

Strong's Greek 5355
9 Occurrences

φθόνῳ — 1 Occ.
φθόνοι — 1 Occ.
φθόνον — 4 Occ.
φθόνος — 1 Occ.
φθόνου — 1 Occ.
φθόνους — 1 Occ.

Matthew 27:18 N-AMS
GRK: ὅτι διὰ φθόνον παρέδωκαν αὐτόν
NAS: that because of envy they had handed
KJV: that for envy they had delivered him.
INT: that through envy they delivered up him

Mark 15:10 N-AMS
GRK: ὅτι διὰ φθόνον παραδεδώκεισαν αὐτὸν
NAS: had handed Him over because of envy.
KJV: him for envy.
INT: that because of envy had delivered up him

Romans 1:29 N-GMS
GRK: κακίᾳ μεστοὺς φθόνου φόνου ἔριδος
NAS: evil; full of envy, murder, strife,
KJV: full of envy, murder,
INT: malice full of envy murder strife

Galatians 5:21 N-NMP
GRK: φθόνοι μέθαι κῶμοι
NAS: envying, drunkenness, carousing,
KJV: Envyings, murders, drunkenness,
INT: envyings drunkennesses carousing

Philippians 1:15 N-AMS
GRK: καὶ διὰ φθόνον καὶ ἔριν
NAS: even from envy and strife,
KJV: even of envy and strife;
INT: even from envy and strife

1 Timothy 6:4 N-NMS
GRK: ὧν γίνεται φθόνος ἔρις βλασφημίαι
NAS: arise envy, strife,
KJV: whereof cometh envy, strife, railings,
INT: which come envy strife evil speakings

Titus 3:3 N-DMS
GRK: κακίᾳ καὶ φθόνῳ διάγοντες στυγητοί
NAS: in malice and envy, hateful,
KJV: malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating
INT: malice and envy living hateful

James 4:5 N-AMS
GRK: λέγει Πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τὸ
NAS: to no purpose: He jealously desires
KJV: lusteth to envy?
INT: speaks with envy does long the

1 Peter 2:1 N-AMP
GRK: ὑποκρίσεις καὶ φθόνους καὶ πάσας
NAS: and hypocrisy and envy and all
KJV: hypocrisies, and envies, and all
INT: hypocrisies and envyings and all

9 Occurrences