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G2190 ἐχθρός (echthrós)
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ἐχθρός, ά, όν Adj hated, hostile, an enemy

Strong's Definition

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

KJV Usage: enemy, foe

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -ά, -όν | ἔχθρα

39.11 · Hostility, Strife · Opposition, Hostility

being an enemy, in opposition to pertaining to being at enmity with someone

MAT 5:43 · MAT 5:44 · MAT 10:36 · MAT 13:25 · MAT 13:28 · MAT 13:39 · MAT 22:44 · MRK 12:36 · LUK 1:71 · LUK 1:74 · LUK 6:27 · LUK 6:35 · LUK 10:19 · LUK 19:27 · LUK 19:43 · LUK 20:43 · ACT 2:35 · ACT 13:10 · ROM 5:10 · ROM 11:28 · ROM 12:20 · 1CO 15:25 · 1CO 15:26 · GAL 4:16 · PHP 3:18 · COL 1:21 · 2TH 3:15 · HEB 1:13 · HEB 10:13 · JAS 4:4 · REV 11:5 · REV 11:12

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐχθρός, -a, -όν, (ἔχθος hatred) ; Sept. numberless times for 2y8, also for \¥, several times for δὰ) and NIWN, a hater ; 1. passively, hated, odious, hateful (in Hom. only in this sense): Ro. xi. 28 (opp. to ἀγαπητός). 2. actively, hostile, hating and opposing another: 1 Co. xv. 25; 2 Th. iii. 15; w. gen. of the pers. hated or opposed, Jas. iv. 4 Lechm.; Gal. iv. 16, ef. Meyer or Wieseler on the latter pass. used of men as at enmity with God by their sin: Ro. νυ. 10 (ef. Ro. viii. 7; Col. i. 21; Jas. iv. 4) [but many take ἐχθρ. here (as in xi. 28, see 1 above) passively; cf. Meyer]; τῇ διανοίᾳ, opposing (God) in the mind, Col. i. 21; ἐχθρὸς ἄνθρωπος, a man that is hostile, a certain enemy, Mt. xiii. 28; ὁ ἐχθρός, the hostile one (well known to you), i. e. κατ᾽ ἐξοχήν the devil, the most bitter enemy of the divine government: Lk. x. 19, ef. Mt. xiii. 39 (and eccl. writ.). ὁ ἐχθρός (and ἐχθρός) substantively, enemy [so the word, whether adj. or subst., is trans. in A. V., exe. twice (R. V. once) foe: ἔσχατος ἐχθρός, 1 Co. xv. 26]: w. gen. of the pers. to whom one is hostile, Mt. v. 43 sq.; x. 86; xiii. 25; Lk. i. [71], 74; vi. 27, 85; xix. 27,43; Ro. xii. 20; Rev. xi. 5, 12; in the words of Ps. cix. (ex.) 1, quoted in Mt. xxii. 44; Mk. xii. 86; Lk. xx. 43; Acts ii. 35; 1 Co. xv. 25 [Lbr.; al. om. gen. (see above)]; Heb. i. 13; x. 18. w. gen. of the thing: Acts xiii. 10; τοῦ σταυροῦ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, who given up to their evil passions evade the obligations imposed upon them by the death of Christ, Phil. iii. 18.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐχθρός echthros 32x

hated, under disfavor, Rom. 11:28; inimical, hostile, Mt. 13:28; Col. 1:21; as a subst., an enemy, adversary, Mt. 5:43, 44; 10:36; Lk. 27:35

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐχθρός, -ά, -όν

(< ἔχθος, hatred), [in LXX chiefly for אוׄיֵב, also for צַר, etc.;]

hated, hateful (Hom.): opp. to ἀγαπητός, Ro 11:28.

Actively, hating, hostile: Ro 5:10, I Co 15:25, II Th 3:15; c. gen. pers. (cl.), Ja 4:4; τ. διανοίᾳ, Col 1:21; ἐ. ἄνθρωπος, Mt 13:28; as subst., ὁ ἐ., an enemy, I Co 15:26; the devil, Mt 13:39, Lk 10:19; c. gen. pers., Mt 22:44 Mk 12:36, Lk 20:43, Ac 2:35, I Co 15:25, He 1:13 10:13(LXX); Mt 5:43, 44 10:36 13:25, Lk 1:71, 74 6:27, 35 19:27, 43, Ro 12:20, Ga 4:16, Re 11:5, 12; c. gen. rei, Ac 13:10, Phl 3:18.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐχθρός. The Commagene rescript of Antiochus I. ἐπ45---παρανόpor δὲ γνώμηι κατὰ δαιμόνων τιμῆς καὶ χωρὶς ἡμετέρας ἀρᾶς παρὰ θεῶν ἐχθρὰ πάντα (OG/S 383757—mid. i/B.c.). On the forms ἐκθρός, which occurs several times in Cod. Bezae, and éxx@pds, see Cronert Mem. Herc. p. 89. MGr ἐχτρός, ὀχτρός.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐχθρός (echthros) — enemy. ἐχθρός, ά, όν, (ἔχθος) hated, hateful, of persons and things, frequently from [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐ. γάρ μοι κεῖνος ὁμῶς Ἀΐδαο πύλῃσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐχθρὸν δέ μοί ἐστιν c.infinitive, 'tis hateful to me to.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; compare θεοισεχθρός.

II. active, hating, hostile, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+] averse from insolence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. as substantive, ἐχθρός, ὁ, enemy, where the active and passive senses frequently coincide, [Refs 8th c.BC+] is one who has been φίλος, but is alienated; πολέμιος one who is at war; δυσμενής one who has long been alienated and refuses to be reconciled.

IV. regular comparative ἐχθρότερος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; superlative -ότατος [Refs 5th c.BC+]

V. adverb ἐχθρῶς, μισοῦντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -οτέρως [Refs 4th c.BC+]: superlative -ότατα [Refs]

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