ἔχθρα
échthra · G2189 · Greek · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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enmity, being an enemy of
A state of enmity with someone
ExamplesLuke 23:12 And so Herod and Pilate became friends with one another that very day; for previously, they had been enemies toward each other.
Romans 8:7 because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,
Galatians 5:20 idolatry, witchcraft, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions,
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- θεόςGod 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- μεσότοιχονdividing wall 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀποκτείνωto kill 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- φιλίαfriendship 1
- φρόνημαthoughtful planning 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 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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In the other Testament 2 words
- שִׂנְאָה sinʼâh · H8135 · hatred, hate
- Greek ἔχθρα denotes hostility as an abstract state or condition of enmity, while Hebrew שִׂנְאָה emphasizes hatred as an active emotion or attitude; both terms translate each other in contexts describing relational opposition and antagonism.
- אֵיבָה ʼêybâh · H342 · enmity
- Hebrew אֵיבָה denotes the state of enmity or hatred between parties, serving as the direct lexical equivalent to Greek ἔχθρα in LXX translation contexts where both terms convey the core concept of hostility or antagonistic relationship.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Enmity, being an enemy of39.10
- In Ephesians 2:16, of Christ's work on the cross it is written that He might reconcile Jew and Gentile to God, “by it having put to death the hostility,” naming this state of enmity.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἔχθρας, ἡ (from the adjective ἐχθρός), enmity: Lk 23:12; Eph 2:14 (15),16; plural, Gal…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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