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Lexicon :: Strong's G2190 - echthros

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ἐχθρός
Transliteration
echthros (Key)
Pronunciation
ech-thros'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primary echtho (to hate); hateful (passively, odious, or actively, hostile)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:811,285

Strong’s Definitions

ἐχθρός echthrós, ech-thros'; from a primary ἔχθω échthō (to hate); hateful (passively, odious, or actively, hostile); usually as a noun, an adversary (especially Satan):—enemy, foe.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's G2190 in the following manner: enemy (30x), foe (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's G2190 in the following manner: enemy (30x), foe (2x).

  1. hated, odious, hateful

  2. hostile, hating, and opposing another

    1. used of men as at enmity with God by their sin

      1. opposing (God) in the mind

      2. a man that is hostile

      3. a certain enemy

      4. the hostile one

      5. the devil who is the most bitter enemy of the divine government

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐχθρός echthrós, ech-thros'; from a primary ἔχθω échthō (to hate); hateful (passively, odious, or actively, hostile); usually as a noun, an adversary (especially Satan):—enemy, foe.
STRONGS G2190:
ἐχθρός, ἔχθρα, ἐχθρόν (ἔχθος hatred); the Sept. numberless times for אויֵב, also for צַר, several times for שׂונֵא and מְשַׂנֵּא, a hater;
1. passively, hated, odious, hateful (in Homer only in this sense): Romans 11:28 (opposed to ἀγαπητός).
2. actively, hostile, hating and opposing another: 1 Corinthians 15:25; 2 Thessalonians 3:15; with the genitive of the person hated or opposed, James 4:4 Lachmann; Galatians 4:16, cf. Meyer or Wieseler on the latter passage used of men as at enmity with God by their sin: Romans 5:10 (cf. Romans 8:7; Colossians 1:21; James 4:4) (but many take ἐχθρός here (as in Romans 11:28, see 1 above) passively; cf. Meyer); τῇ διάνοια, opposing (God) in the mind, Colossians 1:21; ἐχθρός ἄνθρωπος, a man that is hostile, a certain enemy, Matthew 13:28; ὁ ἐχθρός, the hostile one (well known to you), i. e. κατ' ἐξοχήν the devil, the most bitter enemy of the divine government: Luke 10:19, cf. Matthew 13:39 (and ecclesiastical writings). ὁ ἐχθρός (and ἐχθρός) substantively, enemy (so the word, whether adjective or a substantive, is translated in A. V., except twice (R. V. once) foe: ἔσχατος ἐχθρός, 1 Corinthians 15:26): with the genitive of the person to whom one is hostile, Matthew 5:43; Matthew 10:36; Matthew 13:25; Luke 1:(Luke 1:71),Luke 1:74; Luke 6:27,35; 19:27,43; Romans 12:20; Revelation 11:5, 12; in the words of Psalm 109:1 (Ps. 110:1), quoted in Matthew 22:44; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:43; Acts 2:35; 1 Corinthians 15:25 (L brackets; others omit the genitive (see above)); Hebrews 1:13; Hebrews 10:13. with the genitive of the thing: Acts 13:10; τοῦ σταυροῦ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, who given up to their evil passions evade the obligations imposed upon them by the death of Christ, Philippians 3:18.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
109:1; 110:1
Matthew
5:43; 10:36; 13:25; 13:28; 13:39; 22:44
Mark
12:36
Luke
1; 1:71; 1:74; 6:27; 6:35; 10:19; 19:27; 19:43; 20:43
Acts
2:35; 13:10
Romans
5:10; 8:7; 11:28; 11:28; 12:20
1 Corinthians
15:25; 15:25; 15:26
Galatians
4:16
Philippians
3:18
Colossians
1:21; 1:21
2 Thessalonians
3:15
Hebrews
1:13; 10:13
James
4:4; 4:4
Revelation
11:5; 11:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2190 matches the Greek ἐχθρός (echthros),
which occurs 32 times in 32 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:43 -

“You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR (fellow man) and hate your enemy.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:44 - “But I say to you, [fn]love [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for] your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:36 - and A MAN’S ENEMIES WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF HIS [own] HOUSEHOLD [when one believes and another does not].

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:25 - “But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed [fn]weeds [resembling wheat] among the wheat, and went away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:28 - “He replied to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants asked him, ‘Then do you want us to go and pull them out?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:39 - and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:44 -

‘THE LORD (the Father) SAID TO MY LORD (the Son, the Messiah),

“SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,

UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES UNDER YOUR FEET”’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:36 - “David himself said [when inspired] by the Holy Spirit,

‘THE LORD (the Father) SAID TO MY LORD (the Son, the Messiah),

“SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,

UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES UNDER YOUR FEET.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:71

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:71 -

Salvation FROM OUR ENEMIES,

And FROM THE HAND OF ALL WHO HATE US;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:74

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:74 -

To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies,

Might serve Him without fear,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:27 -

“But I say to you who hear [Me and pay attention to My words]: [fn]Love [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for] your enemies, [make it a practice to] do good to those who hate you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:35 - “But love [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for] your enemies, and do good, and lend, [fn]expecting nothing in return; for your reward will be great (rich, abundant), and you will be sons of the Most High; because He Himself is kind and gracious and good to the ungrateful and the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:19 - “Listen carefully: I have given you authority [that you now possess] to tread on [fn]serpents and scorpions, and [the ability to exercise authority] over all the power of the enemy (Satan); and nothing will [in any way] harm you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:27 - “[The king ended by saying,] ‘But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them, bring them here and kill them in my presence.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:43 - “For a time [of siege] is coming when your enemies will put up a barricade [with pointed stakes] against you, and surround you [with armies] and hem you in on every side,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:43 -

UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:35 -

UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A [fn]FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:10 - and said, “[fn]You [Elymas] who are full of every [kind of] deceit, and every [kind of] fraud, you son of the devil, enemy of everything that is right and good, will you never stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:10 - For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, it is much more certain, having been reconciled, that we will be saved [from the consequences of sin] by His life [that is, we will be saved because Christ lives today].

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:28 -

From the standpoint of the gospel, the Jews [at present] are enemies [of God] for your sake [which is for your benefit], but from the standpoint of God’s choice [of the Jews as His people], they are still loved by Him for the sake of the fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:20 - “BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM; IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR BY DOING THIS YOU WILL HEAP [fn]BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:25 - For Christ must reign [as King] until He has put all His enemies under His feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:26 - The last enemy to be abolished and put to an end is death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:16 - So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:18 - For there are many, of whom I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears, who live as enemies of the cross of Christ [rejecting and opposing His way of salvation],

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:21 -

And although you were at one time estranged and alienated and hostile-minded [toward Him], participating in evil things,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:15 - Do not regard him as an enemy, but keep admonishing him as a [believing] brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:13 -

But to which of the angels has the Father ever said,

“SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND [together with me in royal dignity],

UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES

A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET [in triumphant conquest]”?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:13 - waiting from that time onward UNTIL HIS ENEMIES ARE MADE A FOOTSTOOL FOR HIS FEET.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:4 - You adulteresses [disloyal sinners—flirting with the world and breaking your vow to God]! Do you not know that being the world’s friend [that is, loving the things of the world] is being God’s enemy? So whoever chooses to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:5 - And if anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:12 - And the two witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” Then they ascended into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them.
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