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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)
Dictionary Aids

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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; 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). 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 TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:43 - Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:44 - but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:36 - and a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:25 - but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:28 - And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:39 - and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:44 -
The Lord said unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand,
Till I put thine enemies underneath thy feet?
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:36 - David himself said in the Holy Spirit,
The Lord said unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand,
Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:71 -
Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:74 -
To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies
Should serve him without fear,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:27 - But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:35 - But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:19 - Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:27 - But these mine enemies, that would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:43 - For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:43 -
Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:35 -
Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:10 - and said, O full of all guile and all villany, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:10 - For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life;
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:28 - As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:20 - But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:25 - For he must reign, till he hath put all his enemies under his feet.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:26 - The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:16 - So then am I become your enemy, by telling you the truth?
Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:18 - For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:21 - And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,
Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:15 - And yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:13 - But of which of the angels hath he said at any time,
Sit thou on my right hand,
Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet?
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:13 - henceforth expecting till his enemies be made the footstool of his feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:4 - Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:5 - And if any man desireth to hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth and devoureth their enemies; and if any man shall desire to hurt them, in this manner must he be killed.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:12 - And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they went up into heaven in the cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
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