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Strong's #2190 - ἐχθρός
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- hated, odious, hateful
- hostile, hating, and opposing another
- used of men as at enmity with God by their sin
- opposing (God) in the mind
- a man that is hostile
- a certain enemy
- the hostile one
- the devil who is the most bitter enemy of the divine government
- used of men as at enmity with God by their sin
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ἐχθρός, ά, όν,
(ἔχθος)
I hated, hateful, of persons and things, freq. from Hom. downwds. (Hom. has it only in this pass. sense); ἐ. γάρ μοι κεῖνος ὁμῶς Ἀΐδαο πύλῃσι Od. 14.156, Il. 9.312; ἐχθρὸν δέ μοί ἐστιν c. inf., 'tis hateful to me to.., Od. 12.452; θεοῖσιν ἐ. Hes. Th. 766, Thgn. 601, Ar. Eq. 34; ὁ θεοῖσιν ἐ. Pl.Com. 74, etc.; cf. θεοισεχθρός.
II Act., hating, hostile, first in Hes. and Pi. (v. infr. 111), τινι D. 10.11, X. Ages. 6.1, etc.: c. gen., ὕβριος ἐχθρὰν ὁδόν averse from insolence, Pi. O. 7.90: abs., ἐ. γλῶσσα A. Ch. 309 (anap.); ὀργαί Id. Eu. 937 (anap.), etc.; ἀστέρες Vett.Val. 143.5.
III as Subst., ἐχθρός, ὁ, enemy, where the act. and pass. senses freq. coincide, Hes. Op. 342, Pi. P. 2.84, etc.; ἀνὴρ ἐ. Hdt. 1.92; ὁ Διὸς ἐ. A. Pr. 120 (anap.); ἐχθροῖς ἐχθρὰ πορσύνων Id. Ag. 1374; εἴ.. τινα ἴδοι ἐχθρὸν ἑαυτοῦ Th. 4.47; οἱ ἐμοὶ ἐ. Id. 6.89, etc. — Acc. to Ammon. Diff. p.63 V., ἐχθρός 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. regul. Comp. ἐχθρότερος D. Prooem. 40.3, AP 5.160 (Hedyl. or Ascl); Sup. - ότατος Pi. N. 1.65, S. OT 1346 (lyr.), D. 19.300: but more freq. irreg. ἐχθίων, ἔχθιστος (qq.v.). Adv. ἐχθρῶς, μισοῦντες Pl. Lg. 697d, etc.: Comp. - οτέρως D. 5.18: Sup. - ότατα Id. 23.149.
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
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ἐχθρός , -ά , -όν
(< ἔχθος , hatred), [in LXX chiefly for H342, also for H6146, etc.;]
1. hated, hateful (Hom.): opp. to ἀγαπητός , Romans 11:28.
2. Actively, hating, hostile: Romans 5:10, 1 Corinthians 15:25, 2 Thessalonians 3:15; c. gen. pers. (cl.), James 4:4; τ . διανοίᾳ , Colossians 1:21; ἐ . ἄνθρωπος , Matthew 13:28; as subst., ὁ ἐ ., an enemy, 1 Corinthians 15:26; the devil, Matthew 13:39, Luke 10:19; c. gen. pers., Matthew 22:44 Mark 12:36, Luke 20:43, Acts 2:35, 1 Corinthians 15:25, Hebrews 1:13; Hebrews 10:13 (LXX); Matthew 5:43-44; Matthew 10:36; Matthew 13:25, Luke 1:71; Luke 1:74; Luke 6:27; Luke 6:35; Luke 19:27; Luke 19:43, Romans 12:20, Galatians 4:16, Revelation 11:5; Revelation 11:12; c. gen. rei, Acts 13:10, Philippians 3:18.†
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The Commagene rescript of Antiochus I. ends—παρανόμωι δὲ γνώμηι κατὰ δαιμόνων τιμῆς καὶ χωρὶς ἡμετέρας ἀρᾶς παρὰ θεῶν ἐχθρὰ πάντα (OGIS 383.237—mid. i/B.C.). On the forms ἐκθρός, which occurs several times in Cod. Bezae, and ἐκχθρός, see Crönert Mem. Herc. p. 89. MGr ἐχτρός, ὀχτρός.
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