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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)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 78

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).
  1. (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.
STRONGS H341: Abbreviations
[אָיַב] 283 verb be hostile to (Assyrian aibu (see Dlw), enemy = אֹיֵב) —
Qal Perfectוְאָיַבְתִּ֫י [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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 3 / 6 (2Sa 22:1–Psa 9:6)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:1 -

And David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the [fn]hand of all his enemies and from the [fn]hand of Saul.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:4 -

“I call upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised,

And I am saved from my enemies.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:18 -

“He delivered me from my strong enemy,

From those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:38 -

“I pursued my enemies and destroyed them,

And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:41 -

[fn]You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,

And I [fn]destroyed those who hated me.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:49 -

Who also brings me out from my enemies;

You even lift me above those who rise up against me;

You rescue me from the violent man.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:11 - And God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing and have not asked for yourself [fn]long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to listen to justice,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:33 -

“When Your people Israel are [fn]defeated before an enemy, because they have sinned against You, if they turn to You again and confess Your name and pray and make supplication to You in this house,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 -

“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is scorching wind or mildew, locust or grasshopper, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their [fn]cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:44 -

“When Your people go out to battle against [fn]their enemy, by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to Yahweh [fn]toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:46 -

“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and give them over to an enemy, so that [fn]they take them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:48 - and if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:20 -

And Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” And he [fn]answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:39 - “But Yahweh your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:14 - ‘And I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and give them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become as plunder and spoil to all their enemies;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:11 - So they came up to [fn]Baal-perazim, and there David struck them down; and David said, “God has broken through my enemies by my hand, like the breakthrough of waters.” Therefore they named that place [fn]Baal-perazim.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:8 - “And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name like the name of the great men who are on the earth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:10 - even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies.

And I tell you that Yahweh will build a house for you.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - either three years of famine, or three months to be swept away before your adversaries, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or else three days of the sword of Yahweh, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.’ So now, see what word I should return to Him who sent me.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:9 - ‘Behold, a son will be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name shall be [fn]Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:24 -

“And if Your people Israel are [fn]defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they turn to You and confess Your name, and pray and make supplication before You in this house,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:28 -

“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is scorching wind or mildew, if there is locust or grasshopper, if their enemies besiege them in the land of their [fn]cities, whatever plague or whatever sickness there is,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:34 -

“When Your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to You toward this city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:36 -

“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and give them over to an enemy, so that [fn]they take them away captive to a land far off or near,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:27 - And every man of Judah and Jerusalem returned with Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with gladness, for Yahweh had made them glad over their enemies.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:29 - And the dread of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that Yahweh had fought against the enemies of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:8 - “But if you do go, do it, be strong for the battle; yet God will cause you to stumble before the enemy, for God has power to help and to cause to stumble.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13 - And under their hand was a [fn]mighty army of 307,500, who could wage war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For I was ashamed to ask from the king for a military force and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, “The hand of our God is upon all those who seek Him, for their good, but His strength and His anger are against all those who forsake Him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 -

Then we set out from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the ambushes by the way.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:15 -

Now it happened that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had thwarted their counsel, then all of us returned to the wall, each one to his work.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:9 - And I said, “The thing which you are doing is not good; should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 -

Now it happened when it was heard by Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall, and that no breach remained in it, although at that time I had not made the doors to stand in the gates,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:16 - Now it happened that when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations surrounding us saw it, [fn]their confidence fell. And they knew that it was from our God that this work had been accomplished.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28 -

“But as soon as they had rest, they returned to do evil before You;

Therefore You forsook them in the hand of their enemies, so they had dominion over them.

Then they returned and cried to You. And You listened from heaven,

And many times You delivered them according to Your compassion,

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:6 - So Esther said, “An adversary and an enemy is this evil Haman!” Then Haman became terrified before the king and queen.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:13 - A copy of that which was written down to be given as law in each and every province was revealed to all the peoples, so that the Jews would be ready for this day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:1 -

Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar), on the thirteenth [fn]day when the king’s word and law had reached the point for them to be done, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain power over them, it was turned around so that the Jews themselves gained power over those who hated them.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:5 - Thus the Jews struck all their enemies with [fn]the sword, killing and causing them to perish; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:16 -

Now the rest of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces assembled, to make a stand for their lives and obtain rest for themselves from their enemies, and to kill 75,000 of those who hated them; but they did not send forth their hand for the plunder.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - because on those days the Jews obtained rest for themselves from their enemies, and it was a month which was turned around for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a [fn]holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness and sending portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:24 -

“Why do You hide Your face

And think of me as Your enemy?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:7 -

“May my enemy be as the wicked

And the one who rises against me as the unjust.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:10 -

‘Behold, He finds reasons for opposition against me;

He counts me as His enemy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 -

Arise, O Yahweh; save me, O my God!

For You have struck all my enemies on the [fn]cheek;

You [fn]have shattered the teeth of the wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:10 -

All my enemies will be ashamed and greatly dismayed;

They shall [fn]turn back, they will suddenly be ashamed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 -

Let the enemy pursue [fn]my soul and overtake [fn]it;

And let him trample my life down to the ground

And cause my glory to dwell in the dust. [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 -

From the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have established [fn]strength

Because of Your adversaries,

To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:3 -

Beth

When my enemies turn back,

They stumble and perish before You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:6 -

He

[fn]The enemy has come to an end in perpetual [fn]ruins,

And You have uprooted the cities;

The very memory of them has perished.


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