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Enmity

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἔχθρα

(Strong's #2189 — Noun Feminine — echthra — ekh'-thrah )

from the adjective echthros (see ENEMY) is rendered "enmity" in Luke 23:12; Romans 8:7; Ephesians 2:15,16; James 4:4; "enmities," Galatians 5:20 , RV , for AV, "hatred." It is the opposite of agape, "love."

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Enmity'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​e/enmity.html. 1940.
 
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