Quick Definition
to envy
Strong's Definition
properly, to roll flat, i.e. prepare (a road); also to revolve, i.e. weigh (mentally)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: make, ponder, weigh.
TWOT Reference: 1777
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פָּלַס (pa.las) — to envy. 1) (Piel) to weigh, make level, balance 1a) to weigh out 1b) to make level or smooth
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · פֶּלֶס
Angry | verb pi
Collocation: פלס נָתִיב לְאַף
to give free course to (one's) anger literally: to make level a path for (one's) anger; hence: = action by which deities give full vent to their anger
Easy | verb pi
to make easy literally: to make level (a road or path for someone else); hence: = causative action by which deities allow humans to make their journey to life without major obstacles
Happen | verb pi
to deal out, to promote literally: to make level; hence: = causative action by which humans in authority use their power or influence to promote a certain type of behavior
Think | verb pi
to consider carefully literally: to make level (a road or path); hence: = action by which humans pay careful attention to the course of action ahead of them
Think | verb pi
to consider carefully literally: to make level (a road or path); hence: = action by which deities pay careful attention to the course of action taken by humans
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[פָּלַס] vb. Pi. denom. weigh, make level base