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Lexicon :: Strong's H341 - 'ōyēḇ

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אֹיֵב
Transliteration
'ōyēḇ
Pronunciation
o-yabe'
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Part of Speech
substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
Active participle of אָיַב (H340)
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TWOT Reference: 78

Strong’s Definitions

אֹיֵב ʼôyêb, o-yabe'; or (fully) אוֹיֵב ʼôwyêb; active participle of H340; hating; an adversary:—enemy, foe.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 282x

The KJV translates Strong's H341 in the following manner: enemy(s) (280x), foes (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 282x
The KJV translates Strong's H341 in the following manner: enemy(s) (280x), foes (2x).

  1. (Qal) enemy

    1. personal

    2. national

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֹיֵב ʼôyêb, o-yabe'; or (fully) אוֹיֵב ʼôwyêb; active participle of H340; hating; an adversary:—enemy, foe.
STRONGS H341: Abbreviations
[אָיַב] 283 verb be hostile to (Assyrian aibu (see Dlw), enemy = אֹיֵב) —
Qal Perfect † וְאָיַבְתִּ֫י [H340 Exodus 23:22]; Participle אוֺיֵב (אֹיֵב) Exodus 15:6 +; suffix (אוֺיְבִי)אֹיְבִי) 2 Samuel 22:18 = Psalm 18:18 [Psalm 18:17] +; feminine suffix אֹיַבְתִּי Micah 7:8, 10; אֹיִבְךָ Exodus 23:4 +, etc.; plural אֹויְבִים Psalm 68:24 [Psalm 68:23]; Psalm 127:5; אֹיְבִים Psalm 139:22, etc.; — be hostile to, treat as enemy [H340 Exodus 23:22] (E, Cov't code) וְאָיַבְתִּ֫י אֶת־אֹיְבֶיךָ וְצַרְתִּ֫י אֶת־צֹרְרֶיךָ (subject י׳); elsewhere Participle 1 Samuel 18:29 וַיְהִי שָׁאוּל אֹיֵב אֶת־דָּוִד; usually as substantive & mostly suffix; enemy, of personal foe Exodus 23:4 (E || שׂנֵא Exodus 23:5) Numbers 35:23 (P) 1 Samuel 19:17 (compare 1 Samuel 18:29) 1 Samuel 24:5 [1 Samuel 24:4]; 1 Samuel 24:20 [1Samuel 24:19]; 2 Samuel 4:8; 1 Kings 21:20; Job 27:7; Psalm 54:9 [Psalm 54:7]; Psalm 55:13 [Psalm 55:12] (|| מְשַׂנֵּא; opposed to אַלּוּף, מְיֻדָּע Psalm 55:14 [Psalm 55:13]) Micah 2:8; Proverbs 16:7; Proverbs 24:17 +; in simile Jeremiah 30:14 (מַכַּת אוֺיֵב); of public national enemy, singular Judges 16:23, 24; collective Exodus 15:6,9; Deuteronomy 33:27; Nahum 3:11; 2 Chronicles 6:24 +; personified Micah 7:8, 10; more often plural [H340 Exodus 23:22] (E) Leviticus 26:7f (H) Numbers 10:9 (P) Deuteronomy 1:42; Deuteronomy 6:19; Jeremiah 15:9; Jeremiah 34:20, 21 +; of enemies of God, as protector of his people Numbers 10:35 (J) Judges 5:31; 1 Samuel 30:26; 2 Samuel 18:19; Psalm 66:3; Psalm 68:1; Psalm 68:22 [Psalm 68:21]; Nahum 1:2, 8; Isaiah 66:6 +; as morally supreme Job 13:24; Job 33:10; Psalm 37:20; Psalm 92:10 [Psalm 92:9] (twice in verse) +; of God as enemy of rebellious people Isaiah 63:10, in simile Lamentations 2:4, 5.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:6; 15:6; 15:9; 23:4; 23:4; 23:5

Leviticus

26:7

Numbers

10:9; 10:35; 35:23

Deuteronomy

1:42; 6:19; 33:27

Judges

5:31; 16:23; 16:24

1 Samuel

18:29; 18:29; 19:17; 24:4; 24:19; 30:26

2 Samuel

4:8; 18:19; 22:18

1 Kings

21:20

2 Chronicles

6:24

Job

13:24; 27:7; 33:10

Psalms

18:17; 37:20; 54:7; 55:12; 55:13; 66:3; 68:1; 68:21; 68:23; 92:9; 127:5; 139:22

Proverbs

16:7; 24:17

Isaiah

63:10; 66:6

Jeremiah

15:9; 30:14; 34:20; 34:21

Lamentations

2:4; 2:5

Micah

2:8; 7:8; 7:8; 7:10; 7:10

Nahum

1:2; 1:8; 3:11

H341

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Strong's Number H341 matches the Hebrew אֹיֵב ('ōyēḇ),
which occurs 282 times in 275 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 22:17–Deu 32:31)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - [fn] surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:8 - Juda, thy brethren have praised thee, and thy hands shall be on the back of thine enemies; thy father's sons shall do thee reverence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:6 - Thy right hand, O God, has been glorified in strength; thy right hand, O God, has broken the enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:9 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; I will satisfy my soul, I will destroy with my sword, my hand shall have dominion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4 - And if thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt turn them back and restore them to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22 - If ye will indeed hear my voice, and if thou wilt do all the things I shall charge thee with, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations, for the whole earth is mine; and ye shall be to me a royal priesthood, and a holy nation: these words shall ye speak to the children of Israel, If ye shall indeed hear my voice, and do all the things I shall tell thee, I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:27 - And I will send terror before thee, and I will strike with amazement all the nations to which thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies to flee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:7 - and ye shall pursue your enemies, and they shall fall before you with slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:8 - And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase tens of thousands; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16 - then will I do thus to you: I will even bring upon you perplexity and the itch, and the fever that causes your eyes to waste away, and disease that consumes your life; and ye shall sow your seeds in vain, and your enemies shall eat them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:17 - And I will set my face against you, and ye shall fall before your enemies, and they that hate you shall pursue you; and ye shall flee, no one pursuing you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25 - And I will bring upon you a sword avenging the cause of my covenant, and ye shall flee for refuge to your cities; and I will send out death against you, and ye shall be delivered into the hands of your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:32 - And I will lay your land desolate, and your enemies who dwell in it shall wonder at it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:34 - Then the land shall enjoy its sabbaths all the days of its desolation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:36 - And to those who are left of you I will bring bondage into their heart in the land of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee as fleeing from war, and shall fall when none pursues them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:37 - And brother shall disregard brother as in war, when none pursues; and ye shall not be able to withstand your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:38 - And ye shall perish among the Gentiles, and the land of your enemies shall devour you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:39 - And those who are left of you shall perish, because of their sins, and because of the sins of their fathers: in the land of their enemies shall they consume away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:41 - and I walked with them with a perverse mind; and I will destroy them in the land of their enemies: then shall their uncircumcised heart be ashamed, and then shall they acquiesce in the punishment of their sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:44 - And yet not even thus, while they were in the land of their enemies, did I overlook them, nor did I loathe them so as to consume them, to break my covenant made with them; for I am the Lord their God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:9 - And if ye shall go forth to war in your land against your enemies that are opposed to you, then shall ye sound with the trumpets; and ye shall be had in remembrance before the Lord, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:35 - (LXX 10:34) And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Arise, O Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered: let all that hate thee flee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:42 - Go not up, for the Lord is not with you; so shall ye fall before the face of your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:11 - And Balac said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I called thee to curse my enemies, and behold thou hast greatly blessed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10 - And Balac was angry with Balaam, and clapped his hands together; and Balac said to Balaam, I called thee to curse my enemy, and behold thou hast decidedly blessed him this third time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:18 - And Edom shall be an inheritance, and Esau his enemy shall be an inheritance of Israel, and Israel wrought valiantly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:21 - and every one of you will pass over Jordan fully armed before the Lord, until his enemy be destroyed from before his face,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:23 - or smite him with any stone, whereby a man may die, unawares, and it should fall upon him, and he should die, but he was not his enemy, nor sought to hurt him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:42 - And the Lord said to me, Tell them, Ye shall not go up, neither shall ye fight, for I am not with you; thus shall ye not be destroyed before your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:19 - to chase all thine enemies from before thy face, as the Lord said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:10 - And ye shall go over Jordan, and shall dwell in the land, which the Lord our God takes as an inheritance for you; and he shall give you rest from all your enemies round about, and ye shall dwell safely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:1 - And if thou shouldest go forth to war against thine enemies, and shouldest see horse, and rider, and a people more numerous than thyself; thou shalt not be afraid of them, for the Lord thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:3 - Hear, O Israel; ye are going this day to battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint, fear not, neither be confounded, neither turn aside from their face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:4 - For it is the Lord your God who advances with you, to fight with you against your enemies, and to save you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14 - except the women and the stuff: and all the cattle, and whatsoever shall be in the city, and all the plunder thou shalt take as spoil for thyself, and shalt eat all the plunder of thine enemies whom the Lord thy God gives thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:10 - And if when thou goest out to war against thine enemies, the Lord thy God should deliver them into thine hands, and thou shouldest take their spoil,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:9 - (LXX 23:10) And if thou shouldest go forth to engage with thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every wicked thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:14 - (LXX 23:15) Because the Lord thy God walks in thy camp to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemy before thy face; and thy camp shall be holy, and there shall not appear in thee a disgraceful thing, and so he [fn]shall turn away from thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:19 - And it shall come to pass whenever the Lord thy God shall have given thee rest from all thine enemies round about thee, in the land which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit, thou shalt blot out the name of Amalec from under heaven, and shalt not forget to do it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:7 - The Lord deliver thine enemies that withstand thee utterly broken before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and they shall flee seven ways from before thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:25 - The Lord give thee up for slaughter before thine enemies: thou shalt go out against them one way, and flee from their face seven ways; and thou shalt be a dispersion in all the kingdoms of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:31 - Thy calf shall be slain before thee, and thou shalt not eat of it; thine ass shall be violently taken away from thee, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given to thine enemies, and thou shalt have no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:48 - And thou shalt serve thine enemies, which the Lord will send forth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in the want of all things; and thou shalt wear upon thy neck a yoke of iron until he shall have destroyed thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy [fn]body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, all that he has given thee, in thy straitness and thy affliction, with which thine enemy shall afflict thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - so as not to give to one of them of the flesh of his children, whom he shall eat, because of his having nothing left him in thy straitness, and in thy affliction, with which thine enemies shall afflict thee in all thy cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - and her [fn]offspring that comes out between her feet, and the child which she shall bear; for she shall eat them because of the want of all things, secretly in thy straitness, and in thy affliction, with which thine enemy shall afflict thee in thy cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:68

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:68 - And the Lord shall bring thee back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said, Thou shalt not see it again; and ye shall be sold there to your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and none shall buy you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:7 - And the Lord thy God will put these curses upon thine enemies, and upon those that hate thee, who have persecuted thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:27 - Were it not for the wrath of the enemy, lest they should live long, lest their enemies should combine against them; lest they should say, Our own high arm, and not the Lord, has done all these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:31 - For their gods are not as our God, but our enemies are void of understanding.

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