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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)

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TWOT Reference: 78

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

(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.

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STRONGS H341: Abbreviations

[אָיַב] ₂₈₃ verb be hostile to (Assyrian aibu (see Dl^w), enemy = אֹיֵב) —
Qal Perfect † וְאָיַבְתִּ֫י [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.

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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

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

Page 5 / 6 (Psa 89:22–Lam 1:21)

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Psa 89:22 - The enemy^H341 shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:42

Psa 89:42 - Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies^H341 to rejoice.

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Psa 89:51 - Wherewith thine enemies^H341 have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:9

Psa 92:9 - For, lo, thine enemies,^H341 O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies^H341 shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:8

Psa 102:8 - Mine enemies^H341 reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:10

Psa 106:10 - And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.^H341

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:42

Psa 106:42 - Their enemies^H341 also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 110:1

Psa 110:1 - [[A Psalm of David.]] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies^H341 thy footstool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 110:2

Psa 110:2 - The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.^H341

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:98

Psa 119:98 - Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies:^H341 for they are ever with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:5

Psa 127:5 - Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies^H341 in the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:18

Psa 132:18 - His enemies^H341 will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 138:7

Psa 138:7 - Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies,^H341 and thy right hand shall save me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:22

Psa 139:22 - I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.^H341

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:3

Psa 143:3 - For the enemy^H341 hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

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Psa 143:9 - Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies:^H341 I flee unto thee to hide me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:12

Psa 143:12 - And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies,^H341 and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

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Pro 16:7 - When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies^H341 to be at peace with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:17

Pro 24:17 - Rejoice not when thine enemy^H341 falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:24

Isa 1:24 - Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:^H341

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:11

Isa 9:11 - Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies^H341 together;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:13

Isa 42:13 - The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.^H341

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:18

Isa 59:18 - According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies;^H341 to the islands he will repay recompence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:8

Isa 62:8 - The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies;^H341 and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:10

Isa 63:10 - But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy,^H341 and he fought against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:6

Isa 66:6 - A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.^H341

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:14

Isa 66:14 - And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.^H341

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:25

Jer 6:25 - Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy^H341 and fear is on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:7

Jer 12:7 - I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.^H341

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:9

Jer 15:9 - She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies,^H341 saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:11

Jer 15:11 - The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy^H341 to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:14

Jer 15:14 - And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies^H341 into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:4

Jer 17:4 - And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies^H341 in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:17

Jer 18:17 - I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy;^H341 I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

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Jer 19:7 - And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies,^H341 and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:9

Jer 19:9 - And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies,^H341 and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:4

Jer 20:4 - For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies,^H341 and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:5

Jer 20:5 - Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies,^H341 which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:7

Jer 21:7 - And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies,^H341 and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:14

Jer 30:14 - All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy,^H341 with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:16

Jer 31:16 - Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.^H341

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:20

Jer 34:20 - I will even give them into the hand of their enemies,^H341 and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:21

Jer 34:21 - And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies,^H341 and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:30

Jer 44:30 - Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies,^H341 and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy,^H341 and that sought his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:37

Jer 49:37 - For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies,^H341 and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:2

Lam 1:2 - She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.^H341

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:5

Lam 1:5 - Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies^H341 prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:9

Lam 1:9 - Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy^H341 hath magnified himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:16

Lam 1:16 - For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy^H341 prevailed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:21

Lam 1:21 - They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies^H341 have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

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1. LOAD PAGE 1 Gen 22:17–Deu 32:31

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