# φθονέω/phthoneō
This word describes a situation or how something is. It is a verb. However, it is not an action.
* This word means to envy or be jealous of someone. It is used to talk about a person’s feelings of anger because someone else has something that they do not have.

See: Galatians 5:26

**Advice to translators**: This type of verb describes a state of being.