Strong's Greek · G2190

ἐχθρός

echthrós

enemy, foe

Definition

hateful (passively, odious, or actively, hostile); usually as a noun, an adversary (especially Satan)

Derivation

from a primary (to hate);

Appears 32 times in Scripture

Matthew 13:25

But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

Mark 12:36

Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’

Matthew 5:43

You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’

Luke 1:71

salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,

Matthew 5:44

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Luke 6:27

But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Matthew 22:44

‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’

Matthew 13:39

and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

Matthew 13:28

‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

Luke 1:74

deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,

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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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