Words the Bible translates as hostility
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- echthraἔχθραenmity: the settled state of being enemies, the hostile opposite of friendship
- qeriקְרִיhostile defiance: the crosswise stance of opposition that one party in a binding agreement takes toward the other, and that the other can take right back
- evahאֵיבָהenmity: a settled, openly recognized state of being enemies, a lasting hostile relationship rather than a passing feeling
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