BibleTools

Greek/Hebrew Definitions



Strong's #2190: echthros (pronounced ech-thros')

from a primary echtho (to hate); hateful (passively, odious, or actively, hostile); usually as a noun, an adversary (especially Satan):--enemy, foe.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

̓́

echthros

1) hated, odious, hateful

2) hostile, hating, and opposing another

2a) used of men as at enmity with God by their sin

2a1) opposing (God) in the mind

2a2) a man that is hostile

2a3) a certain enemy

2a4) the hostile one

2a5) the devil who is the most bitter enemy of the divine government

Part of Speech: adjective

Relation: from a primary echtho (to hate); hateful (passively, odious, or actively, hostile)

Citing in TDNT: 2:811, 285




Usage:

This word is used 32 times:

Matthew 5:43: "and hate thine enemy."
Matthew 5:44: "unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do"
Matthew 10:36: "And a man's foes shall be they of his own household."
Matthew 13:25: "while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares"
Matthew 13:28: "said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants"
Matthew 13:39: "The enemy that sowed them is the devil;"
Matthew 22:44: "till I make thine enemies thy footstool?"
Mark 12:36: "till I make thine enemies thy footstool."
Luke 1:71: "That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all"
Luke 1:74: "out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,"
Luke 6:27: "which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,"
Luke 6:35: "But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend,"
Luke 10:19: "the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt"
Luke 19:27: "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign"
Luke 19:43: "thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and"
Luke 20:43: "Till I make thine enemies thy footstool."
Acts 2:35: "Until I make thy foes thy footstool."
Acts 13:10: "mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease"
Romans 5:10: "For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the"
Romans 11:28: "As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but"
Romans 12:20: "Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if"
1 Corinthians 15:25: "till he hath put all enemies under his feet."
1 Corinthians 15:26: "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."
Galatians 4:16: "Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?"
Philippians 3:18: "you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:"
Colossians 1:21: "sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works,"
2 Thessalonians 3:15: "count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother."
Hebrews 1:13: "until I make thine enemies thy footstool?"
Hebrews 10:13: "expecting till his enemies be made his footstool."
James 4:4: "a friend of the world is the enemy of God."
Revelation 11:5: "and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt"
Revelation 11:12: "a cloud; and their enemies beheld them."









©Copyright 1992-2024 Church of the Great God.   Contact C.G.G. if you have questions or comments.
Close
E-mail This Page