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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 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 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

H341

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Strong's Number H341 matches the Hebrew אֹיֵב ('ōyēḇ),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:18 - “So now, do it! For Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, ‘By the hand of My servant David [fn]I will save My people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from the hand of all their enemies.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:8 - Then they brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Behold, the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life; thus Yahweh has given my lord the king vengeance this day on Saul and his seed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:20 - So David came to Baal-perazim, and there David struck them down; and he said, “Yahweh has broken through my enemies before me, like the breakthrough of waters.” Therefore he named that place [fn]Baal-perazim.

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Now it happened when the king inhabited his house, and Yahweh had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:9 - “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 great name, like the name of the great men who are on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:11 - even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. Yahweh also declares to you that Yahweh will make a house for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:14 - “However, because by this deed you have given occasion to the enemies of Yahweh to blaspheme, the son also that is born to you shall surely die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:19 -

Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and proclaim the good news to the king that Yahweh has judged to save him from the hand of his enemies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:32 - Then the king said to the Cushite, “Is there peace with the young man Absalom?” And the Cushite answered, “Let the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise up against you for evil, be as that young man!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:9 - And it happened that all the people were disputing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us from the [fn]hand of our enemies and provided us escape from the [fn]hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:4

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

And I am saved from my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:18 -

“He delivered me from my strong enemy,

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:38

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“I pursued my enemies and destroyed them,

And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:41

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:49

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.

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