ἐχθρός echthros

Greek word for “enemy” · Strong’s G2190 · used 32 times in 32 verses

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Meaning

ἐχθρός, -ά, -όν; (ἔχθος, hatred);

How it is translated

Glosses given for echthros in context, with how often each is used:

• enemies 20
• enemy 11
• hostile 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 13 (3), Matthew 5 (2), Luke 1 (2), Luke 6 (2), Luke 19 (2), 1 Corinthians 15 (2), Revelation 11 (2), Matthew 10 (1), Matthew 22 (1), Mark 12 (1)

Forms

• ἐχθροὺς 7
• ἐχθρὸς 6
• ἐχθρούς 6
• ἐχθροὶ 5
• ἐχθρῶν 2
• ἐχθρόν 1
• ἐχθροῦ 1
• ἐχθροί 1
• ἐχθρὲ 1
• ἐχθρός 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with echthros more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πούς pous “foot” 7
• τίθημι tithēmi “to place” 7
• ὑποπόδιον hupopodion “footstool” 4
• ἕως heōs “until” 6
• ἄν an “if” 5
• ἀγαπάω agapaō “to love” 4
• μισέω miseō “to hate” 3
• δεξιός dexios “right” 3
• κάθημαι kathēmai “to sit” 3
• ὑποκάτω hupokatō “under” 2
• βασιλεύω basileuō “to reign” 2
• ἀδικέω adikeō “to harm” 2

Key verses

The verses using echthros that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:44 — But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute…
• Matthew 13:39 — The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
• Luke 1:74 — That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
• Luke 6:35 — But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he…
• Luke 19:27 — But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
• Luke 19:43 — For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
• Acts 13:10 — And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of…
• Romans 5:10 — For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
• Romans 11:28 — As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
• 1 Corinthians 15:25 — For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
• Philippians 3:18 — (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
• James 4:4 — Ye 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.