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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 74 times in 73 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Psa 3:7–Psa 74:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 - Arise, LORD! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:10 - All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish; they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 - then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:3 - My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:6 - Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:2 - How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:4 - and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:9 - from the wicked who are out to destroy me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:1 - [fn]For the director of music. Of David the servant of the LORD. He sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love you, LORD, my strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:3 - I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:17 - He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:37 - I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:40 - You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:48 - who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:8 - Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:2 - I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:19 - See how numerous are my enemies and how fiercely they hate me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:2 - When the wicked advance against me to devour[fn] me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:6 - Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:1 - [fn]A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple.[fn] Of David. I will exalt you, LORD, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:8 - You have not given me into the hands of the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:15 - My times are in your hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies, from those who pursue me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:19 - Do not let those gloat over me who are my enemies without cause; do not let those who hate me without reason maliciously wink the eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:20 - But the wicked will perish: Though the LORD’s enemies are like the flowers of the field, they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:19 - Many have become my enemies without cause[fn]; those who hate me without reason are numerous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:2 - The LORD protects and preserves them— they are counted among the blessed in the land— he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:5 - My enemies say of me in malice, “When will he die and his name perish?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:11 - I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:9 - I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:2 - You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:16 - at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:5 - Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies; let the nations fall beneath your feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:7 - You have delivered me from all my troubles, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 - because of what my enemy is saying, because of the threats of the wicked; for they bring down suffering on me and assail me in their anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:12 - If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:9 - Then my enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:1 - [fn]For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[fn] When Saul had sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O God; be my fortress against those who are attacking me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:3 - For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:1 - [fn]For the director of music. A psalm of David. Hear me, my God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:3 - Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:1 - [fn]For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song. May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:21 - Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23 - that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their share.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 - Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:18 - Come near and rescue me; deliver me because of my foes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:10 - For my enemies speak against me; those who wait to kill me conspire together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:9 - May the desert tribes bow before him and his enemies lick the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:3 - Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - How long will the enemy mock you, God? Will the foe revile your name forever?

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