Definition

ill-will (as detraction), i.e. jealousy (spite)

Etymology

probably akin to the base of G5351 (φθείρω);

Word family

• φθείρω phtheírō

How the KJV renders it

• envy

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.