Strong G2190ἐχθρός
enemy
- Transliteration
- echthros
- Pronunciation
- ekh-thros'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun
Definition
From a primary word ἔχθω echthō (to hate);
hateful (passively odious or actively hostile); usually as a noun an adversary (especially Satan): - enemy foe.
hateful (passively odious or actively hostile); usually as a noun an adversary (especially Satan): - enemy foe.
Detailed definition
ἐχθρός, -ά, -όν
(ἔχθος, hatred), [in LXX chiefly for אֵיבָה, also for עָר, etc.;]
1. hated, hateful (Hom.): opposite to ἀγαπητός, Rom.11:28.
2. Actively, hating, hostile: Rom.5:10, 1Co.15:25, 2Th.3:15; with genitive of person(s) (cl.), Jas.4:4; τ. διανοίᾳ, Col.1:21; ἐ. ἄνθρωπος, Mat.13:28; as subst., ὁ ἐ., an enemy, 1Co.15:26; the devil, Mat.13:39, Luk.10:19; with genitive of person(s), Mat.22:44 Mrk.12:36, Luk.20:43, Act.2:35, 1Co.15:25, Heb.1:13 10:13" (LXX); Mat.5:43-44 10:36 13:25, Luk.1:71, 74 6:27, 35 19:27, 43, Rom.12:20, Gal.4:16, Rev.11:5, 12; with genitive of thing(s), Act.13:10, Php.3:18.†
(AS)
(ἔχθος, hatred), [in LXX chiefly for אֵיבָה, also for עָר, etc.;]
1. hated, hateful (Hom.): opposite to ἀγαπητός, Rom.11:28.
2. Actively, hating, hostile: Rom.5:10, 1Co.15:25, 2Th.3:15; with genitive of person(s) (cl.), Jas.4:4; τ. διανοίᾳ, Col.1:21; ἐ. ἄνθρωπος, Mat.13:28; as subst., ὁ ἐ., an enemy, 1Co.15:26; the devil, Mat.13:39, Luk.10:19; with genitive of person(s), Mat.22:44 Mrk.12:36, Luk.20:43, Act.2:35, 1Co.15:25, Heb.1:13 10:13" (LXX); Mat.5:43-44 10:36 13:25, Luk.1:71, 74 6:27, 35 19:27, 43, Rom.12:20, Gal.4:16, Rev.11:5, 12; with genitive of thing(s), Act.13:10, Php.3:18.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2190 appears in 32 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- enemy30
- foe2
- of1
First verses
- Matthew 5:43Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
- Matthew 5:44But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
- Matthew 10:36And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
- Matthew 13:25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
- Matthew 13:28He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
- Matthew 13:39The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
- Matthew 22:44The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
- Mark 12:36For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
- Luke 1:71That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
- Luke 1:74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
- Luke 6:27But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
- Luke 6:35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
- Luke 10:19Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
- Luke 19:27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
- Luke 19:43For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
- Luke 20:43Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
- Acts 2:35Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
- Acts 13:10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
- Romans 5:10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
- Romans 11:28As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐχθρός, ά, όν,
(ἔχθος) hated, hateful, of persons and things, frequently from [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus downwards (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has it only in this _passive_ sense))]; ἐ. γάρ μοι κεῖνος ὁμῶς Ἀΐδαο πύλῃσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.156, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.312)]; ἐχθρὸν δέ μοί ἐστιν c.infinitive, 'tis hateful to me to.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.452; θεοῖσιν ἐ. 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 766, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 601, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 34; ὁ θεοῖσιν ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 74, etc.)]; compare θεοισεχθρός.
II active, hating, hostile, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus and 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus (see. below 111), τινι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 6.1, etc.: with _genitive_, ὕβριος ἐχθρὰν ὁδόν)] averse from insolence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.90: _absolutely_, ἐ. γλῶσσα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 309 (_anapaest meter_); ὀργαί [prev. author] “Eu.” 937 (_anapaest meter_), etc.; ἀστέρες 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 143.5.)]
III as substantive, ἐχθρός, ὁ, enemy, where the active and passive senses frequently coincide, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 342, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.84, etc.; ἀνὴρ ἐ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.92; ὁ Διὸς ἐ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 120 (_anapaest meter_); ἐχθροῖς ἐχθρὰ πορσύνων [prev. author] “Ag.” 1374; εἴ.. τινα ἴδοι ἐχθρὸν ἑαυτοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.47; οἱ ἐμοὶ ἐ. [prev. author] 6.89, etc.—Acc. to 1st-2nd c.AD: Ammonius Grammaticus “περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων” p.63 V., ἐχθρός)] is one who has been φίλος, but is alienated; πολέμιος one who is at war; δυσμενής one who has long been alienated and refuses to be reconciled.
IV regular comparative ἐχθρότερος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 40.3, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.160 (3rd c.BC: Hedylus Epigrammaticus or 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus))]; superlative -ότατος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.65, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1346 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.300: but more frequently irregular ἐχθίων, ἔχθιστος (which see).)]
V adverb ἐχθρῶς, μισοῦντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 697d, etc.)]: comparative -οτέρως [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.18)]: superlative -ότατα [Refs ([prev. author] 23.149.)]
(ἔχθος) hated, hateful, of persons and things, frequently from [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus downwards (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has it only in this _passive_ sense))]; ἐ. γάρ μοι κεῖνος ὁμῶς Ἀΐδαο πύλῃσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.156, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.312)]; ἐχθρὸν δέ μοί ἐστιν c.infinitive, 'tis hateful to me to.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.452; θεοῖσιν ἐ. 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 766, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 601, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 34; ὁ θεοῖσιν ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 74, etc.)]; compare θεοισεχθρός.
II active, hating, hostile, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus and 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus (see. below 111), τινι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 6.1, etc.: with _genitive_, ὕβριος ἐχθρὰν ὁδόν)] averse from insolence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.90: _absolutely_, ἐ. γλῶσσα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 309 (_anapaest meter_); ὀργαί [prev. author] “Eu.” 937 (_anapaest meter_), etc.; ἀστέρες 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 143.5.)]
III as substantive, ἐχθρός, ὁ, enemy, where the active and passive senses frequently coincide, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 342, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.84, etc.; ἀνὴρ ἐ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.92; ὁ Διὸς ἐ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 120 (_anapaest meter_); ἐχθροῖς ἐχθρὰ πορσύνων [prev. author] “Ag.” 1374; εἴ.. τινα ἴδοι ἐχθρὸν ἑαυτοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.47; οἱ ἐμοὶ ἐ. [prev. author] 6.89, etc.—Acc. to 1st-2nd c.AD: Ammonius Grammaticus “περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων” p.63 V., ἐχθρός)] is one who has been φίλος, but is alienated; πολέμιος one who is at war; δυσμενής one who has long been alienated and refuses to be reconciled.
IV regular comparative ἐχθρότερος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 40.3, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.160 (3rd c.BC: Hedylus Epigrammaticus or 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus))]; superlative -ότατος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.65, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1346 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.300: but more frequently irregular ἐχθίων, ἔχθιστος (which see).)]
V adverb ἐχθρῶς, μισοῦντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 697d, etc.)]: comparative -οτέρως [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.18)]: superlative -ότατα [Refs ([prev. author] 23.149.)]