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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 284 times in 275 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 6 (2Sa 22:1–Psa 9:6)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:1 - And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, H341 and out of the hand of Saul:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:4 - I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. H341

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:18 - He delivered me from my strong enemy, H341 and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:38 - I have pursued mine enemies, H341 and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:41 - Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, H341 that I might destroy them that hate me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:49

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:49 - And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: H341 thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:11 - And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; H341 but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:33 - When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, H341 because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 - If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy H341 besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:44 - If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, H341 whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:46 - If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, H341 so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, H341 far or near;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:48 - And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, H341 which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:20 - And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? H341 And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:39 - But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. H341

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:14 - And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; H341 and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; H341

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:11 - So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies H341 by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:8 - And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies H341 from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:10 - And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. H341 Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies H341 overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:9 - Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies H341 round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:24 - And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, H341 because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:28 - If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies H341 besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:34 - If thy people go out to war against their enemies H341 by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:36 - If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, H341 and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:27 - Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. H341

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:29 - And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies H341 of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:8 - But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: H341 for God hath power to help, and to cast down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13 - And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. H341

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy H341 in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, H341 and of such as lay in wait by the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:15 - And it came to pass, when our enemies H341 heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:9 - Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? H341

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, H341 heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:16 - And it came to pass, that when all our enemies H341 heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28 - But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, H341 so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:6 - And Esther said, The adversary and enemy H341 is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:13 - The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. H341

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:1 - Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies H341 of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:5 - Thus the Jews smote all their enemies H341 with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:16 - But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, H341 and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, H341 and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:24 - Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? H341

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:7 - Let mine enemy H341 be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:10 - Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy, H341

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 - Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies H341 upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:10 - Let all mine enemies H341 be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 - Let the enemy H341 persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy H341 and the avenger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:3 - When mine enemies H341 are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:6 - O thou enemy, H341 destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

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