Strong's Greek · G2189

ἔχθρα

échthra

enmity, hatred

Definition

hostility; by implication, a reason for opposition

Derivation

feminine of G2190 (ἐχθρός);

Appears 6 times in Scripture

Romans 8:7

because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

Galatians 5:20

idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,

James 4:4

You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

Luke 23:12

That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.

Ephesians 2:14

For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility

Ephesians 2:16

and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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