HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7009
קִים
qim — adversary
adversary
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Adversary
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Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G7223
ἐνδιαβάλλω
endiaballō — to be adversary
to stand as adversary; slander
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(Heb. satan), an opponent or foe (1 Kings 5:4; 11:14, 23, 25; Luke 13:17); one that speaks against another, a complainant (Matt. 5:25; Luke 12:58); an enemy (Luke 18:3), and specially the devil (1 Pet. 5:8).
Scripture references
1 Kings 5:41 Kings 11:141 Kings 11:231 Kings 11:25Luke 13:17Matthew 5:25Luke 12:58Luke 18:31 Peter 5:8
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
Scripture cited by this entry (KJV)
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1 Kings 5:4
But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, [so that there is] neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
1 Kings 11:14
And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he [was] of the king’s seed in Edom.
1 Kings 11:23
And God stirred him up [another] adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: