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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 Perfectוְאָיַבְתִּ֫י [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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H341 matches the Hebrew אֹיֵב ('ōyēḇ),
which occurs 284 times in 275 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 6 (Psa 13:2–Psa 89:10)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:2 -

How long shall I take counsel in my soul,

Having sorrow in my heart all the day?

How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:4 -

Lest my enemy says, “I have overcome him,”

And my adversaries rejoice that I am shaken.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:9 -

From the wicked who devastate me,

My deadly enemies who surround me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:1 -

For the choir director. Of the servant of Yahweh, of David, [fn]who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

He said, “I love You, O Yahweh, my strength.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:3 -

I call upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised,

And I am saved from my enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:17 -

He delivered me from my strong enemy,

And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:37 -

I pursued my enemies and overtook them,

And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:40 -

[fn]You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,

And I [fn]destroyed those who hated me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:48 -

Who delivers me from my enemies;

Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me;

You rescue me from the violent man.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:8 -

Your hand will find out all your enemies;

Your right hand will find out those who hate you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:2 -

Beth

O my God, in You I trust,

Do not let me be ashamed;

Do not let my enemies exult over me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:19 -

Resh

See my enemies, for they are many,

And they hate me with violent hatred.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:2 -

When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh,

My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:6 -

And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,

And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with loud shouts of joy;

I will sing, and I will sing praises to Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:1 -

A Psalm. A Song at the Dedication of the House. Of David.

I will exalt You, O Yahweh, for You have lifted me up,

And have not let my enemies be glad over me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:8 -

And You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy;

You have set my feet in a large place.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:15 -

My times are in Your hand;

Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:19 -

Let those who are wrongfully my enemies not be glad over me;

Nor let those who hate me without cause [fn]wink maliciously.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:20 -

Kaph

But the wicked will perish;

And the enemies of Yahweh will be like the [fn]glory of the pastures,

They vanish—in smoke they vanish away.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:19 -

But my enemies are vigorous and [fn]strong,

And those who wrongfully hate me abound.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:2 -

Yahweh will keep him and keep him alive,

And he shall be blessed upon the earth;

And do not give him over to the desire of his enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:5 -

My enemies speak evil against me,

“When will he die, and his name perish?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:11 -

By this I know that You delight in me,

Because my enemy makes no shout in triumph over me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:9 -

I say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?

Why do I go mourning [fn]because of the oppression of the enemy?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:2 -

For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me?

Why do I go mourning [fn]because of the oppression of the enemy?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:16 -

Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,

Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:5 -

Your arrows are sharp;

The peoples fall under You;

Your arrows are in the heart of the King’s enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:7 -

For [fn]He has delivered me from all [fn]distress,

And my eye has looked in triumph upon my enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 -

Because of the voice of the enemy,

Because of the pressure of the wicked;

For they shake wickedness down upon me

And in anger they bear a grudge against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:12 -

For it is not an enemy who reproaches me,

Then I could bear it;

Nor is it one who hates me who has magnified himself against me,

Then I could hide myself from him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:9 -

Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call;

This I know, [fn]that God is for me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:1 -

For the choir director. [fn]Al-tashheth. Of David. A [fn]Mikhtam. [fn]When Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to put him to death.

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;

[fn]Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:3 -

For You have been a refuge for me,

A tower of strength before the enemy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:1 -

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

Hear my voice, O God, in my [fn]complaint;

Guard my life from dread of the enemy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:3 -

Say to God, “How [fn]fearsome are Your works!

Because of the abundance of Your strength Your enemies will [fn]cower before You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:1 -

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.

[fn]Let God arise, [fn]let His enemies be scattered,

And [fn]let those who hate Him flee before Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:21 -

Surely God will crush the head of His enemies,

The hairy [fn]skull of him who goes on in his guilty deeds.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23 -

That [fn]your foot may crush them in blood,

The tongue of your dogs may have its portion from your enemies.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 -

Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head;

Those who would [fn]destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies;

What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:18 -

Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it;

Ransom me because of my enemies!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:10 -

For my enemies have spoken [fn]against me;

And those who watch my [fn]life have counseled together,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:9 -

[fn]Let the desert creatures kneel before him,

And his enemies lick the dust.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:3 -

Lift up Your steps toward the perpetual ruins;

The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 -

How long, O God, will the adversary reproach?

Will the enemy spurn Your name forever?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:18 -

Remember this, O Yahweh, that the enemy has reproached,

And a wickedly foolish people has spurned Your name.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:53 -

He led them safely, so that they did not fear;

But the sea covered their enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:6 -

You set us as [fn]an object of strife to our neighbors,

And our enemies mock us among themselves.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:14 -

“I would quickly subdue their enemies

And I would turn My hand against their adversaries.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:2 -

For behold, Your enemies roar,

And those who hate You have lifted up their heads.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:10 -

You Yourself crushed [fn]Rahab like one who is slain;

You scattered Your enemies with Your strong arm.


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