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ENVY, ENVYING
A. Noun.
(
, 5355), “envy,” is the feeling of displeasure produced by
witnessing or hearing of the advantage or prosperity of others; this evil sense always
attaches to this word, Matt. 27:18; Mark 15:10; Rom. 1:29; Gal. 5:21; Phil. 1:15; 1 Tim.
6:4; Titus 3:3; 1 Pet. 2:1; so in Jas. 4:5, where the question is rhetorical and strongly
remonstrative, signifying that the Spirit (or spirit) which God made to dwell in us was
certainly not so bestowed that we should be guilty of “envy.”¶
: &
#
, “zeal or jealousy,” translated “envy” in the
KJV
, in Acts 13:45; Rom.
13:13; 1 Cor. 3:3; 2 Cor. 12:20; Jas. 3:14, 16, is to be distinguished from
, and,
apart from the meanings “zeal” and “indignation,” is always translated “jealousy” in the
RV
. The distinction lies in this, that “envy” desires to deprive another of what he has,
“jealousy” desires to have the same or the same sort of thing for itself See
FERVENT
,
INDIGNATION
,
JEALOUSY
,
ZEAL
.
B. Verbs.
1.
(
!
, 5354), “to envy” (akin to A.), is used in Gal. 5:26.¶
2.
(
, 2206) denotes “to be zealous, moved with jealousy,” Acts 7:9 and
17:5,
RV
, “moved with jealousy” (
KJV
, “moved with envy”); both have “envieth” in 1
Cor. 13:4. See the
Note
under A. See
AFFECT
,
COVET
,
DESIRE
,
JEALOUS
,
ZEALOUS
.
EPHPHATHA
: &
,
is an Aramaic word signifying “to open,” used in the imperative
mood, “be opened,” Mark 7:34; while the application in this case was to the ears, the
tongue was remedially affected.
EPILEPTIC
(
1
, 4583), lit., “to be moon struck” (from
, “the moon”),
is used in the passive voice with active significance,
RV
, “epileptic,” for
KJV
, “lunatick,”
Matt. 4:24; 17:15; the corresponding English word is “lunatic.” Epilepsy was supposed to
be influenced by the moon.
EPISTLE
(
#
)
, 1992), primarily “a message” (from
, “to send to”), hence,
“a letter, an epistle,” is used in the singular, e.g., Acts 15:30; in the plural, e.g., Acts 9:2;
2 Cor. 10:10. “Epistle is a less common word for a letter. A letter affords a writer more
freedom, both in subject and expression, than does a formal treatise. A letter is usually
occasional, that is, it is written in consequence of some circumstance which requires to be
dealt with promptly. The style of a letter depends largely on the occasion that calls it
forth.”* “A broad line is to be drawn between the letter and the epistle. The one is
essentially a spontaneous product dominated throughout by the image of the reader, his
sympathies and interests, instinct also with the writer’s own soul: it is virtually one half
of an imaginary dialogue, the suppressed responses of the other party shaping the course
of what is actually written.… the other has a general aim, addressing all and sundry
* From
Notes on Thessolonians,
by Hogg and Vine p. 5.