Strong’s G2189 · Greek
ἔχθρα
échthra · ekh'-thrah
Origin feminine of ἐχθρός (G2190);
Meaning hostility; by implication, a reason for opposition
In the King James Version enmity, hatred.
In 6 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 23:12And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
- Romans 8:7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
- Galatians 5:20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
- Ephesians 2:15Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
- Ephesians 2:16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
- James 4:4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.