Words the Bible translates as foe
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- echthrosἐχθρόςan enemy: someone or something set in hostility against another
- oyevאֹיֵבan enemy: one who is actively hostile to another person, a people, or God
- saneשָׂנֵאto hate: to be set against a person in active hostility, so that the one hating becomes an enemy
+3 more meanings
- to detest: to judge something wrong and refuse to have any part in it
- to love less: to leave a person unfavored, second to someone who is preferred
- to repudiate: to break off a bond formally, whether a marriage or a covenant
- tsarצַרan enemy: one who acts with hostility, an opponent or foe
+1 more meaning
- narrow and tight, and so the pressure of being hemmed in: distress, trouble, straits
- arעָרfoenot studied yet
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