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Strong's #2189 - ἔχθρα
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ἔχθρ-α,
Ion. ἔχθρη, ἡ,
hatred, enmity, Hdt. 5.81, Pi. P. 4.145, etc.: in philos. sense, = νεῖκος 1.5, Plot. 3.2.2; ἔ. τινός hatred for, enmity to one, Antipho 2.4.1, Th. 3.10; κατ' ἔχθραν τινός Ar. Pax 133; ἔ. ἔς τινα Hdt. 1.5, Th. 2.68; εἴς θεόν Romans 8:7; πρός τινα A. Pr. 491 (pl.), Th. 2.68; δι' ἔχθρας μολεῖν, ἀφῖχθαί τινι, to be at feud with one, E. Ph. 479, Hipp. 1164; δι' ἔχθρας οὐδετέρῳ γενήσομαι Ar. Ra. 1412; εἰς ἔ. βάλλειν τινά A. Pr. 390; εἰς ἔ. ἐλθεῖν D. 21.62; καταστῆσαί τινας εἰς ἔχθραν τῷ δήμῳ X. HG 3.5.9; πολλὴν εἰς ἔχθραν ἀλλήλοις καὶ πολλῶν πέρι καθίστανται Pl. Plt. 307d, cf. Isoc. 9.67; πρὸς ἔχθραν from personal enmity, D. 18.141; ἔ. συμβάλλειν, συνάπτειν τινί, to engage in hostility with.., E. Med. 45, Heracl. 459; ἔ. τισὶν ἄρασθαι D. 21.132; καταλλάσσεσθαι τὰς ἔ. Hdt. 7.145; λύσασαν ἔ. τὴν πάρος E. Tr. 50; τὰς μεγάλας ἔ. διαλύεσθαι Th. 4.19; πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἔ. ἀνείλοντο Isaiah 1:9; διαλλαχθῆναι τῆς ἔ. And. 2.26: prov., Ἐμπεδοκλέους ἔ., of undying hatred, Lys. Fr. 261 S.
ἔχθρα, ἔχθρας, ἡ (from the adjective ἐχθρός), enmity: Luke 23:12; Ephesians 2:14 (15),16; plural, Galatians 5:20; ἔχθρα (Lachmann ἔχθρα feminine adjective (Vulg. inimica)) Θεοῦ, toward God, James 4:4 (where Tdf. τῷ Θεῷ); εἰς Θεόν, Romans 8:7; by metonymy, equivalent to cause of enmity, Ephesians 2:14 (15) (but cf. Meyer. (From Pindar down.))
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ἔχθρα , -ας , ἡ
(< ἐχθρός ),
[in LXX for H342, H8135, etc.;]
enmity: Luke 23:12, Romans 8:7, Galatians 5:20, Ephesians 2:15-16, James 4:4.†
ἀηδία , -ας , ἡ
(<ἀ - neg., ἦδος , pleasure),
[in LXX: Proverbs 23:29 (H7879)*;]
1. of things or persons, unpleasantness, odiousness (Hipp., Dem., al.);
2. dislike (Plat.). disagreement (MM, VGT, s.v.): Luke 23:12 D.†
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P Hib I. 170 (B.C. 247) ἵνα μὴ ἀντὶ φιλίας ἔχθραν [ποώ ]μεθα, P Oxy XII. 1588.4 (early iv/A.D.) ἡ φιλικὴ σχέσις ̣ π ̣ρ ̣ο ̣̀ς ̣ σὲ καὶ τὸν υἱόν σου ἐλπίζε [ι ] μεγάλη [ν ] ἔχθραν γενέσθαι. For the form ἔκθρα cf. the royal ordinance P Tebt I. 5.259 (B.C. 118) where it is enacted that no one shall be arrested πρὸς ἴδιον ὀφείλημα ἢ ἀδίκημα μηδὲ ἰδίας ἔκθρας ἕνεκεν, ";for a private debt or offence or owing to a private quarrel"; (Edd.), and BGU II. 389.8 (iii/A.D.) (as amended p. 356) τὴν ἔκθραν καὶ παρανο [μίαν : see also s.v. ἐχθρός.
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