Lexicon echthra: enmity, hostility Original Word: ἔχθρα, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: echthra Phonetic Spelling: (ekh'-thrah) Short Definition: enmity, hostility Definition: enmity, hostility, alienation. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 2189 éxthra – properly, enemy (hatred, hostility); enmity. See 2190 (exthros). Thayer's STRONGS NT 2189: ἔχθραἔχθρα, ἔχθρας, ἡ (from the adjective ἐχθρός), enmity: Luke 23:12; Ephesians 2:14 (15),16; plural, Galatians 5:20; ἔχθρα (Lachmann ἔχθρα feminine adjective ( Vulg.inimica)) Θεοῦ, toward God, James 4:4 (where Tdf. τῷ Θεῷ); εἰς Θεόν, Romans 8:7; by metonymy, equivalent to cause of enmity, Ephesians 2:14 (15) (but cf. Meyer. (From Pindar down.))
Strong's enmity, hatred. Feminine of echthros; hostility; by implication, a reason for opposition -- enmity, hatred. see GREEK echthros |
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