ENTREAT (én-tret').
1. Gr. to abuse, to use shame fully, Luke xviii:32; Gr. xpdouni, khrah'om-ahee. Acts xxvii:3, in same sense.
2. Gr. ?pun-dal, er-oh-tall'oh, Phil. iv:3 (A. V., "intreat"), to ask, pray, beseech.
ENVY (6n'vk), (Heb. kin-aw'; Gr.i66.6vos, fthon'os).
1. Feeling of uneasiness and displeasure at the prosperity of another, with the illicit wish that it was ours, not theirs (Ps. xxxvii :1 ; lxxiii :3; Prov. xxiv :1, 19, etc.).
2. The despicable passion which desires to bring another down below one's own level, while it covets the thing which he possesses (Prov. xxvii :4 ; Matt. xxvii :18; Rom. i :29, etc.). The envious man sickens at the sight of enjoyment ; he is easy only in the misery of others: all en deavors, therefore, to satisfy an envious man are fruitless. (I) So Rachel envied her sister Leah because of her fruitfulness (Gen. xxx :I). (2) Joseph's brethren envied him because his father loved him (Gen. xxxvii :II). (3) The Jews en
vied Paul and Barnabas because they preached the gospel of Christ (Acts xiii :4, 5)• (4) Some preached Christ out of envy and strife, from dis content at the high honors of the apostle Paul, and in order to vex his spirit and diminish his reputation (Phil. i:15). (5) Envy is more dan gerous than open outrageous anger and fury, as it is more abiding. and will make a man turn him self into every shape to undo his neighbor (Prov. xxvii :4). It is often pointed against the most excellent and useful works (Eccl. iv :4). (6) It is its own punishment, is rottenness to the bones, and slays the silly one; it stops the blessings of heaven, and torments the soul where it dwells, even unto death (Prov. xiv :3o; Job v:2).