ἐνέχω
enéchō · G1758 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to be resentful against, to have a grudge against
To feel resentful because of what someone has done
ExamplesMark 6:19 And Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death, and could not do so;
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to be against, to be hostile toward
To maintain a state of antagonism or hostility
ExamplesLuke 11:53 When He left that place, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to interrogate Him about many subjects,
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to be subject to, to be under the control of
To be under the control of or to be subject to someone or something
ExamplesGalatians 5:1 It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἩρωδιάςHerodias 1
- Not stated: you (more than one) 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
With adverbsAdverbs
2 occurrences in 3 groups
- δεινῶςterribly 1
- μήnot 1
- πάλινagain, and, also 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἄρχωto be first 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 1 word
- ἀφίημι aphíēmi · G863 · to let go away, to dismiss, to leave
- Greek verb with the sense 'to forgive/let go'; lexically opposite to ἐνέχω 'to hold a grudge' in that forgiveness releases what grudge-holding retains. Standard New Testament usage contrasts holding resentment with forgiving.
In the other Testament 2 words
- נָטַר nâṭar · H5201 · to watch over, to guard, to be in charge of
- Hebrew verb with the specialized sense 'to keep/harbor grudge' (e.g., Lev 19:18 'you shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge'); directly corresponds to ἐνέχω's sense of 'hold a grudge against' and is the standard Hebrew equivalent in LXX contexts.
- שָׂטַם sâṭam · H7852 · to bear a grudge (against someone), to harass
- Hebrew verb meaning 'to bear hostility/enmity,' overlapping with ἐνέχω's sense of 'to be hostile toward' (semantic domain 39.4); used for holding grudge or being adversarial.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- To be subject to, to be under the control of37.4
- This verb describes being bound under the control or constraint of something, used of Paul's warning against submitting again to a yoke of slavery — "do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery" (Galatians 5:1).
- To be against, to be hostile toward39.4
- It also describes active hostility directed against someone, used of the scribes and Pharisees beginning to be very hostile toward Jesus and to interrogate Him — "the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to interrogate Him about many subjects" (Luke 11:53).
- To be resentful against, to have a grudge against88.169
- It also describes harboring a grudge against someone with hostile intent, used of Herodias holding a grudge against John the Baptist and wanting to put him to death — "Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death" (Mark 6:19).
Word family 51 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon imperfect ἐνεῖχον; (present passive ἐνέχομαι); to have within, to hold in; a. passive to…
a. passive to be held, be entangled, be held ensnared, with a dative of the thing in which one is held captive — very often in Greek writings, both literally (as τῇ πάγη, Herodotus 2, 121, 2) and figuratively (as ἀγγελία, Pindar Pythagoras 8, 69; φιλοτιμία, Euripides, Iph. A. 527; κακῷ, Epictetus diss. 3, 22, 93): ζυγῷ δουλείας, Gal 5:1; (θλίψεσιν, 2 Thess 1:4 WH marginal reading) (ἀσεβείαις, 3Macc. 6:10).
b. ἐνέχω τίνι, to be enraged with, set oneself against, hold a grudge against someone: Mk 6:19; Lk 11:53 (Gen 49:23); the expression is elliptical, and occurs in full (χόλον τίνι to have anger in oneself against another) in Herodotus 1, 118; 8, 27; 6, 119; see a similar ellipsis under προσέχω. (In this last case the ellipsis supplied is τόν νοῦν, Winers Grammar, 593 (552); Buttmann, 144 (126); Meyer, et al., would supply the same after ἐνέχειν in Mark and Luke the passages cited and render the phrase to have (an eye) on, watch with hostility; but DeWette, Bleek, others, agree with Grimm. Many take the expression in Luke, the passage cited outwardly, to press upon (R. V. text); see Stephanus Thesaurus, under the word; Liddell and Scott, under the word; Hesychius ἐνέχει. μνησικακεῖ. ἔγκειται.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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