Phthonos means “envy” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5355 — naqi (“innocent”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5355 φθόνος (phthonos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. phthonos (fthon'-os) n. 1. ill-will (as detraction), i.e. jealousy (spite) [probably akin to the base of G5351] It has 13 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include envy. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
phthonos (fthon'-os) n. 1. ill-will (as detraction), i.e. jealousy (spite) [probably akin to the base of G5351] KJV: envy See also: G5351
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5355. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
envy
Usage: φθόνος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX: Wis.2:24 6:23, 1Ma.8:16, 3Ma.6:7 * ;] envy: Rom.1:29, Gal.5:21, 1Ti.6:4, Tit.3:3, 1Pe.2:1; διὰ φθόνον, Mat.27:18, Mrk.15:10, Php.1:15; πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τ. πνεῦμα (on the meaning, see R, txt., mg. 1, 2; Hort, Ja., 93 f.), Jas.4:5.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render phthonos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G5355 (φθόνος) appears 4 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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9 indexed usages in New Testament.
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
and that they committed their government to one man every year, who ruled over all their country, and that all were obedient to that one, and that there was neither envy nor emulation among them.
It was thou who, when Daniel was hurled, through slander and envy, as a prey to lions down below, didst bring him back again unhurt to light.
Nevertheless through envy of the devil came death into the world: And they that are of his side do find it.
First 13 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5355.
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
and that they committed their government to one man every year, who ruled over all their country, and that all were obedient to that one, and that there was neither envy nor emulation among them.
It was thou who, when Daniel was hurled, through slander and envy, as a prey to lions down below, didst bring him back again unhurt to light.
Nevertheless through envy of the devil came death into the world: And they that are of his side do find it.
Neither will I go with consuming envy; For such a man shall have no fellowship with wisdom.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5355, grouped by book.
Phthonos (Strong's G5355) is a Greek word most simply glossed "envy". phthonos (fthon'-os) n. 1. ill-will (as detraction), i.e. jealousy (spite) [probably akin to the base of G5351]
This page currently indexes 13 linked usages for Strong's G5355 across 12 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5355 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as envy. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5355, with linked reader references where each row is available.