HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H342
אֵיבָה
e.vah — enmity
enmity, hatred
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Enmity
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G2189
ἔχθρα
echthra — hostility
ἔχθρα, -ας, ἡ (ἐχθρός), [in LXX for אֵיבָה, שִׂנְאָה, etc. ;] enmity: Luk.23:12, Rom.8:7, Gal.5:20, Eph.2:15-16, Jas.4:4.† ἀηδία, -ας, ἡ (ἀ- neg., ἦδος, pleasure), [in LXX: Pro.23:29 (שִׂיחַ)* ;] 1. of things or persons, unpleasantness, odiousness (Hipp., Dem., al.) 2. dislike (Plat.). disagreement (MM, VGT, see word): Luk.23:12 D.† (AS)
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4895
מַשְׂטֵמָה
mas.te.mah — hatred
animosity, enmity
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8569
תְּנוּאָה
te.nu.ah — opposition
opposition, alienation, enmity
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1259
διαλλάσσω
diallassō — be reconciled
δι-αλλάσσω [in LXX: 1Ki.29:4 (רָצָה hithp.), I Est.4:31, al. ;] 1. to change, exchange. 2. to change enmity for friendship, to reconcile: pass., with dative of person(s), Mat.5:24. "The word denotes mutual concession after mutual hostility, an idea absent from καταλλ-," which see (Lft., Notes, 288; cf. Deiss., LAE, 178.15; Cremer, 91, 632).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7520
רָצַד
ra.tsad — to watch with envy
(Piel) to watch stealthily or with envious hostility, watch with enmity, watch with envy
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7855
שִׂטְנָה
sit.nah — accusation
accusation, enmity
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6816
διαβολή
diabolē — distraction
1. false accusation, slander, calumny , ἐπὶ διαβολῇ εἰπεῖν (Herdotus Historicus); διαβολὰς ἐνδέχεσθαι to give ear to false accusations , (Herdotus Historicus); ἐμὴ δ. the slanders against me, (Plato Philosophus) 2. a quarrel, enmity , (Thucydides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9272
συμπεραίνω
sumperainō — to finish off together
1. to join or assist in accomplishing , (Euripides):—;Mid., συμπεραίνεσθαί τινι ἔχθραν to join fully in enmity with another, (Demosthenes Orator) 2. to decide or conclude absolutely , ς. φροντίδα to make up one's mind, (Euripides); κλῇθρα μοχλοῖς ς. to make the doors doubly sure by bars, (Euripides):—;Pass. to be quite finished , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
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Deep-rooted hatred. “I will put enmity between thee and the woman, between thy seed and her seed” (Gen. 3:15). The friendship of the world is “enmity with God” (James 4:4; 1 John 2:15, 16). The “carnal mind” is “enmity against God” (Rom. 8:7). By the abrogation of the Mosaic institutes the “enmity” between Jew and Gentile is removed. They are reconciled, are “made one” (Eph. 2:15, 16).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.