Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NLT

NLT

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G2189 - echthra

Choose a new font size and typeface
ἔχθρα
Transliteration
echthra (Key)
Pronunciation
ekh'-thrah
Listen
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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 6 times in 6 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:12 - (Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies before, became friends that day.)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:7 - For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:20 - idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:15 - He did this by ending the system of law with its commandments and regulations. He made peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new people from the two groups.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:16 - Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:4 - You adulterers![fn] Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NLT
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NLT
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.