STRONGS G2190:
ἐχθρός,
ἔχθρα,
ἐχθρόν (
ἔχθος hatred); the
Sept. numberless times for
אויֵב, also for
צַר, several times for
שׂונֵא and
מְשַׂנֵּא, a hater;
1. passively,
hated, odious, hateful (in
Homer only in this sense):
Romans 11:28 (opposed to
ἀγαπητός).
2. actively,
hostile, hating and opposing another:
1 Corinthians 15:25;
2 Thessalonians 3:15; with the genitive of the person hated or opposed,
James 4:4 Lachmann;
Galatians 4:16, cf. Meyer or Wieseler on the latter passage used of men as at enmity with God by their sin:
Romans 5:10 (cf.
Romans 8:7;
Colossians 1:21;
James 4:4) (but many take
ἐχθρός here (as in
Romans 11:28, see 1 above) passively; cf. Meyer);
τῇ διάνοια, opposing (God) in the mind,
Colossians 1:21;
ἐχθρός ἄνθρωπος, a man that is hostile, a certain enemy,
Matthew 13:28;
ὁ ἐχθρός, the hostile one (well known to you), i. e.
κατ' ἐξοχήν the devil, the most bitter enemy of the divine government:
Luke 10:19, cf.
Matthew 13:39 (and ecclesiastical writings).
ὁ ἐχθρός (and
ἐχθρός) substantively,
enemy (so the word, whether adjective or a substantive, is translated in
A. V., except twice (
R. V. once)
foe:
ἔσχατος ἐχθρός,
1 Corinthians 15:26): with the genitive of the person to whom one is hostile,
Matthew 5:43;
Matthew 10:36;
Matthew 13:25;
Luke 1:(
Luke 1:71),
Luke 1:74;
Luke 6:27,
35;
19:27,
43;
Romans 12:20;
Revelation 11:5,
12; in the words of
Psalm 109:1 (
Ps. 110:1), quoted in
Matthew 22:44;
Mark 12:36;
Luke 20:43;
Acts 2:35;
1 Corinthians 15:25 (
L brackets; others omit the genitive (see above));
Hebrews 1:13;
Hebrews 10:13. with the genitive of the thing:
Acts 13:10;
τοῦ σταυροῦ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, who given up to their evil passions evade the obligations imposed upon them by the death of Christ,
Philippians 3:18.
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