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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 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 282 times in 275 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 6 (2Sa 22:1–Psa 9:6)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:1 - And David spoke the words of this song to the LORD in the day that the LORD 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

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:4 - “I call upon the LORD, 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 strong for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:38 - “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 - “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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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:11 - 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 [fn]discernment to understand justice,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:33

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,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 - “If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or grasshopper, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their [fn]cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:44

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 the LORD [fn]toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:46

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 deliver them to an enemy, so that [fn]they take them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:48 - 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:20 - 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 evil in the sight of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:39 - “But the LORD your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:14 - ‘I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become as plunder and spoil to all their enemies;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:11 - So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David [fn]defeated them there; 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:8 - “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 ones who are in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:10

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. Moreover, I tell you that the LORD will build a house for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - either three years of famine, or three months to be swept away before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or else three days of the sword of the LORD, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.’ Now, therefore, consider what answer I shall return to Him who sent me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:9

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:24 - “If Your people Israel [fn]are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, and pray and make supplication before You in this house,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:28 - “If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight 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,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:34

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,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:36

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 deliver them to an enemy, so that [fn]they take them away captive to a land far off or near,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:27 - Every man of Judah and Jerusalem returned with Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:29 - And the dread of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:8 - “But if you do go, do it, be strong for the battle; yet God will [fn]bring you down before the enemy, for God has power to help and to [fn]bring down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13 - Under their direction was an [fn]elite army of 307,500, who could wage war with great power, to help the king against the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to [fn]protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, “The hand of our God is [fn]favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake Him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - Then we journeyed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was over us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the ambushes by the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:15 - When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had frustrated their plan, then all of us returned to the wall, each one to his work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:9 - Again 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?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, to Geshem the Arab and to 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 set up the doors in the gates,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:16 - When all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations surrounding us saw it, they [fn]lost their confidence; for they recognized that this work had been accomplished [fn]with the help of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28 - “But as soon as they had rest, they did evil again before You;
Therefore You abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they ruled over them.
When they cried again to You, You heard from heaven,
And many times You rescued them according to Your compassion,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:6 - Esther said, “A foe and an enemy is this wicked Haman!” Then Haman became terrified before the king and queen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:13 - A copy of the edict to be [fn]issued as law in each and every province was published to all the peoples, so that the Jews would be ready for this day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:1 - Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar), on the thirteenth [fn]day when the king’s command and edict [fn]were about to be executed, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it was turned to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained the mastery over those who hated them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:16 - Now the rest of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces assembled, to defend their lives and [fn]rid themselves of their enemies, and kill 75,000 of those who hated them; but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:24 - “Why do You hide Your face
And consider me Your enemy?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:7 - “May my enemy be as the wicked
And [fn]my opponent as the unjust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:10 - ‘Behold, He [fn]invents pretexts against me;
He counts me as His enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 - Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God!
For You [fn]have smitten all my enemies on the [fn]cheek;
You [fn]have shattered the teeth of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:10 - All my enemies will be ashamed and greatly dismayed;
They shall [fn]turn back, they will suddenly be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5

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 lay my glory in the dust. [fn]Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established [fn]strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:3 - When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and perish before You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:6 - [fn]The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very memory of them has perished.

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