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Lexicon :: Strong's G2189 - echthra

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ἔχθρα
Transliteration
echthra (Key)
Pronunciation
ekh'-thrah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:815,285

Strong’s Definitions

ἔχθρα échthra, ekh'-thrah; feminine of G2190; hostility; by implication, a reason for opposition:—enmity, hatred.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G2189 in the following manner: enmity (5x), hatred (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G2189 in the following manner: enmity (5x), hatred (1x).

  1. enmity

  2. cause of enmity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἔχθρα échthra, ekh'-thrah; feminine of G2190; hostility; by implication, a reason for opposition:—enmity, hatred.
STRONGS G2189:
ἔχθρα, -ας, ἡ, (from the adjective ἐχθρός), enmity: Luke 23:12; Ephesians 2:14 (15), 16; plural, Galatians 5:20; ἔχθρα (Lachmann ἔχθρά feminine adjective [Vulg. inimica]) θεοῦ, towards God, James 4:4 (where Tdf. τῷ θεῷ); εἰς θεόν, Romans 8:7; by metonymy, equivalent to cause of enmity, Ephesians 2:14 (15) [but cf. Meyer. (From Pindar down.)]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
23:12
Romans
8:7
Galatians
5:20
Ephesians
2:14-16; 2:14-15
James
4:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2189 matches the Greek ἔχθρα (echthra),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:15 - And I will cause hostility between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring.
He will strike[fn] your head,
and you will strike his heel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:20 - So if someone hates another person and pushes him or throws a dangerous object at him and he dies, it is murder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:22 - “But suppose someone pushes another person without having shown previous hostility, or throws something that unintentionally hits another person,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:10 - Others may accuse you of gossip,
and you will never regain your good reputation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:26 - While their hatred may be concealed by trickery,
their wrongdoing will be exposed in public.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 - But they rebelled against him
and grieved his Holy Spirit.
So he became their enemy
and fought against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:8 - For their tongues shoot lies like poisoned arrows.
They speak friendly words to their neighbors
while scheming in their heart to kill them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:5 - “Your eternal hatred for the people of Israel led you to butcher them when they were helpless, when I had already punished them for all their sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:11 - Therefore, as surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will pay back your angry deeds with my own. I will punish you for all your acts of anger, envy, and hatred. And I will make myself known to Israel[fn] by what I do to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:8 - Yet to this very hour
my people rise against me like an enemy!
You steal the shirts right off the backs
of those who trusted you,
making them as ragged as men
returning from battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:8 - Do not gloat over me, my enemies!
For though I fall, I will rise again.
Though I sit in darkness,
the LORD will be my light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:10 - Then my enemies will see that the LORD is on my side.
They will be ashamed that they taunted me, saying,
“So where is the LORD—
that God of yours?”
With my own eyes I will see their downfall;
they will be trampled like mud in the streets.
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