92 occurrences

'Enemy' in the Bible

The enemy said, I pursue, I overtake; I apportion spoil; Filled is my soul with them; I draw out my sword; My hand destroyeth them: --

PursuingSelf ConfidencePursuing PeopleArrogance, Characterizes The WickedOvertakingDividing The Spoil

and I have brought in on you a sword, executing the vengeance of a covenant; and ye have been gathered unto your cities, and I have sent pestilence into your midst, and ye have been given into the hand of an enemy.

PestilenceWar As God's JudgmentGod Executes VengeanceCovenant Made At SinaiGod's Sword

or with any stone wherewith he dieth, without seeing, and causeth it to fall upon him, and he dieth, and he is not his enemy, nor seeking his evil;

Being Struck With Stones

When thou goest out to battle against thine enemy, and hast seen horse and chariot -- a people more numerous than thou -- thou art not afraid of them, for Jehovah thy God is with thee, who is bringing thee up out of the land of Egypt;

BattlesTrusting In God's PresenceDoubt, Dealing WithChariotsGod, Present EverywhereWeaponsMinoritiesGod With YouMany EnemiesDo Not Fear MenGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptPrinciples Of WarWarBattlearmy

against giving to one of them of the flesh of his sons whom he eateth, because he hath nothing left to him, in the siege, and in the straitness with which thine enemy doth straiten thee in all thy gates.

Cannibalism

and against her seed which cometh out from between her feet, even against her sons whom she doth bear, for she doth eat them for the lacking of all things in secret, in the siege and in the straitness with which thine enemy doth straiten thee within thy gates.

CannibalismActing In SecretBirth

If not -- the anger of an enemy I fear, Lest their adversaries know -- Lest they say, Our hand is high, And Jehovah hath not wrought all this.

I make drunk Mine arrows with blood, And My sword devoureth flesh, From the blood of the pierced and captive, From the head of the freemen of the enemy.

Arrows, Described AsLong HairCovered With BloodGod KillingGod Making DrunkGod Will Kill The PeoplesGod's SwordArrows

and the princes of the Philistines have been gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; and they say, 'Our god hath given into our hand Samson our enemy.'

Pagan GodsFalse GodsCelebrationsGiven Into One's HandsDagon

And the people see him, and praise their god, for they said, 'Our god hath given in our hand our enemy, and he who is laying waste our land, and who multiplied our wounded.'

Praise, Reasons ForVictory, As An Act Of GodGiven Into One's Hands

and Saul addeth to be afraid of the presence of David yet; and Saul is an enemy with David all the days.

IntimidationFear Of Individuals

And Saul saith unto Michal, 'Why thus hast thou deceived me -- that thou dost send away mine enemy, and he is escaped?' and Michal saith unto Saul, 'He said unto me, Send me away: why do I put thee to death?'

Restraints From KillingEscaping From PeopleThose Who Deceived

And the men of David say unto him, 'Lo, the day of which Jehovah said unto thee, Lo, I am giving thine enemy into thy hand, and thou hast done to him as it is good in thine eyes;' and David riseth and cutteth off the skirt of the upper robe which is on Saul -- gently.

Given Into One's Handssaul

and that a man doth find his enemy, and hath sent him away in a good manner; and Jehovah doth repay thee good for that which thou didst to me this day.

Reward For Works

And Abishai saith unto David, 'God hath shut up to-day thine enemy into thy hand; and, now, let me smite him, I pray thee, with a spear, even into the earth at once -- and I do repeat it to him.'

Given Into One's Hands

And Samuel saith, 'And why dost thou ask me, and Jehovah hath turned aside from thee, and is thine enemy?

God As Enemy

and bring in the head of Ish-Bosheth unto David in Hebron, and say unto the king, 'Lo, the head of Ish-Bosheth, son of Saul, thine enemy, who sought thy life; and Jehovah doth give to my lord the king vengeance this day, of Saul and of his seed.'

Attempting To Kill Specific People

He delivereth me from my strong enemy, From those hating me, For they were stronger than I.

God, As SaviorGod Saving From EnemiesOvercoming Enemies

'In Thy people Israel being smitten before an enemy, because they sin against Thee, and they have turned back unto Thee, and have confessed Thy name, and prayed, and made supplication unto Thee in this house,

defeatSin Brings Impoverishment

Famine -- when it is in the land; pestilence -- when it is; blasting, mildew, locust; caterpillar -- when it is; when its enemy hath distressed it in the land in its gates, any plague, any sickness, --

CaterpillarsInsectsLocustsMildewHelp In ShortageNations Attacking Israel

'When Thy people doth go out to battle against its enemy, in the way that Thou dost send them, and they have prayed unto Jehovah the way of the city which thou hast fixed on, and of the house which I have builded for Thy name;

Principles Of WarA Place For God's Name

'When they sin against Thee (for there is not a man who sinneth not), and Thou hast been angry with them, and hast given them up before an enemy, and they have taken captive their captivity unto the land of the enemy far off or near;

ethics, and graceImperfection, Influence OfSin, Universality OfSinnersWeights And Measures, DistancesAll Have SinnedWill God Be Angry?Missing The Mark

And Ahab saith unto Elijah, 'Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?' and he saith, 'I have found -- because of thy selling thyself to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah;

Buying and sellingGrudgesCharacter Of WickedCourage, Examples OfFinding People

And if Thy people Israel is smitten before an enemy, because they sin against Thee, and they have turned back and confessed Thy name, and prayed and made supplication before Thee in this house --

defeat

When they sin against Thee -- for there is not a man who sinneth not -- and Thou hast been angry with them, and hast given them before an enemy, and taken them captive have their captors, unto a land far off or near;

Imperfection, Influence OfSelf Righteousness, And The GospelSin, Universality OfWeights And Measures, Distances

but if thou art going -- do it, be strong for battle, God doth cause thee to stumble before an enemy, for there is power in God to help, and to cause to stumble.'

God, Sovereignty OfHelpfulnessPower, HumanBraveryThe AlmightyLosing A FriendBattle

and by their hand is the force of the host, three hundred thousand, and seven thousand, and five hundred warriors, with mighty power to give help to the king against the enemy.

WarriorsThree To Nine Hundred Thousand

for I was ashamed to ask from the king a force and horsemen to help us because of the enemy in the way, for we spake to the king, saying, 'The hand of our God is upon all seeking Him for good, and His strength and His wrath is upon all forsaking Him.'

Forsaking GodGrace, In OtRejection Of God, Results OfRoadsGod's HandConsequences Of Forsaking GodGod's Hands On PeopleShame Has Come

And we journey from the river Ahava, on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God hath been upon us, and He delivereth us from the hand of the enemy and the lier in wait by the way;

CaravansHand Of GodRoadsDivine Protection, Examples OfGod's HandGod Saving From EnemiesGod's Hands On PeopleEnemy Attacks

And Esther saith, 'The man -- adversary and enemy -- is this wicked Haman;' and Haman hath been afraid at the presence of the king and of the queen.

Fear Of Individuals

Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?

VeilsGod HidingEnemies Of God

As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.

Overcoming Enemies

Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him,

God As Enemy

An enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. Selah.

Pursuing PeopleOvertakingPsalm Interjectionsrelentless

O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.

Eternal JudgementBlotted Outremembrancefinishing

Till when do I set counsels in my soul? Sorrow in my heart daily? Till when is mine enemy exalted over me?

Unhappiness

Lest mine enemy say, 'I overcame him,' Mine adversaries joy when I am moved.

defeatRejoicing In Evil

He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.

God, As SaviorGod Saving From EnemiesOvercoming EnemiesProtection From Enemiescrusades

And Thou hast not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, Thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad place.

FeetAbundance, MaterialSpacious PlaceNot Given Into One's Handsspace

By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.

Not DefeatedOvercomingFavor

I say to God my rock, 'Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning in the oppression of an enemy?

God, The RockOppression, God's Attitude ToRocksGod ForgettingThose Oppressedoppression

For thou art the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy?

AbandonmentGod, The RockFeelings Of Rejection By GodStrongholdsThose Oppressedoppression

Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.

InsultsMan AvengingRevenge

Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

InsultsEnemy Attacksoppressionpressureharassment

For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear it, He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.

FriendsBest FriendsFunHurt And BetrayalEnemy Attacksbackstabbing

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,

ComplaintsHear Prayer!Pay Attention O God!Mental AbuseProtection From EnemiesEnemy Attacks

Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.

RuinsDestruction Of Jerusalemfootsteps

Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever?

IrreverenceMockeryDisdainBefore God Acts

Remember this -- an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.

Blasphemy, At GodInsultsFools, Description OfFools Attitude To God

An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.

TributesOvercoming

And He saveth them from the hand Of him who is hating, And redeemeth them from the hand of the enemy.

God, As RedeemerRedemption, In Everyday LifeGod Saving From EnemiesEnemy Attacks

For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.

MonotonyColors, BlackState Of The Deadcrushes

Go not forth to the field, And in the way walk not, For a sword hath the enemy, fear is round about.

RoadsAmbushWar As God's JudgmentGoing OutsideFear Will Come

Jehovah said, Did I not direct thee for good? Did not I intercede for thee in a time of evil, And in a time of adversity, with the enemy?

Protection From EnemiesGetting Through Hard Times

As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.'

Face Of GodeastGod Scattering IsraelTurning One's BackOut Of The EastThe East Wind

all loving thee have forgotten thee, Thee they do not seek, For with the stroke of an enemy I smote thee, The chastisement of a fierce one, Because of the abundance of thy iniquity, Mighty have been thy sins!

Cruelty, God's attitude toChastisementNot Seeking PeopleForgetting PeopleWoundsFriends FailingGod As EnemyAll Have Sinned

Thus said Jehovah: Withhold thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears, For there is a reward for thy work, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they have turned back from the land of the enemy.

diligenceReward, DivinePromise of returnDo Not MournReward For Works

Thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am giving Pharaoh-Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of those seeking his life, as I have given Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and who is seeking his life.'

Her uncleanness is in her skirts, She hath not remembered her latter end, And she cometh down wonderfully, There is no comforter for her. See, O Jehovah, mine affliction, For exerted himself hath an enemy.

Absence Of ThoughtFringe Of ClothesDownfall Of IsraelPeople Being UncleanI Am SufferingNo ComfortSeeking Honour

For these I am weeping, My eye, my eye, is running down with waters, For, far from me hath been a comforter, Refreshing my soul, My sons have been desolate, For mighty hath been an enemy.

Being ForsakenPeace, Human Destruction OfSympathyRestoring SinnersI Mourn CatastropheNo Comfort

He hath cut off in the heat of anger every horn of Israel, He hath turned backward His right hand From the face of the enemy, And He burneth against Jacob as a flaming fire, It hath devoured round about.

Hand Of GodHornsRight Hand Of GodHorns WeakenedSevering Body Parts

He hath trodden His bow as an enemy, Stood hath His right hand as an adversary, And He slayeth all the desirable ones of the eye, In the tent of the daughter of Zion, He hath poured out as fire His fury.

Bow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthRight Hand Of GodArchers, Likened To GodGod KillingFire Of God's AngerPleasing MenGod As EnemyGod Killed His People

The Lord hath been as an enemy, He hath swallowed up Israel, He hath swallowed up all her palaces, He hath destroyed His fortresses, And He multiplieth in the daughter of Judah Mourning and moaning.

LamentingSongsGrowth Of EvilSwallowingGod As EnemyHouses Under Attack

The Lord hath cast off His altar, He hath rejected His sanctuary, He hath shut up into the hand of the enemy The walls of her palaces, A noise they have made in the house of Jehovah Like a day of appointment.

AbandonmentRejecting ThingsRejection Of God, Results OfSanctuaryWallsDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallShouting To The LordFestivals Disregarded

Jehovah hath done that which He devised, He hath fulfilled His saying That He commanded from the days of old, He hath broken down and hath not pitied, And causeth an enemy to rejoice over thee, He lifted up the horn of thine adversaries.

Cruelty, God's attitude toGuidance, God's Promises OfPlansDeterminismPower Through GodHorns VictoriousGod Speaking Of OldNot SparingRejoicing In Evil

Thou dost call as at a day of appointment, My fears from round about, And there hath not been in the day of the anger of Jehovah, An escaped and remaining one, They whom I stretched out and nourished, My enemy hath consumed!

No SurvivorsNo EscapeFear Will ComeFestivals DisregardedKilling Sons And Daughters

Believe not did the kings of earth, And any of the inhabitants of the world, That come would an adversary and enemy Into the gates of Jerusalem.

Entering CitiesNot Believing PeopleNature Of Kings

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy said against you, Aha, and the high places of old for a possession have been to us,

Infidelity To GodEternal WorldTaking Possession

Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him.

Pursuing PeopleForsaking God's Things

And yesterday My people for an enemy doth raise himself up, From the outer garment the honourable ornament ye strip off, From the confident passers by, Ye who are turning back from war.

RobesPeople Stripping PeopleEnemies Of God

Thou dost not rejoice over me, O mine enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness Jehovah is a light to me.

Dark DaysGod Giving LightComing Out Of DarknessHabitual Getting UpEnemiesRisingLight

And see doth mine enemy, And cover her doth shame, Who saith unto me, 'Where is Jehovah thy God?' Mine eyes do look on her, Now she is for a treading-place, As mire of the out-places.

Infidelity To GodGod Not ExistingTrampling PeopleOvercoming EnemiesWhere Is God?

Even thou art drunken, thou art hidden, Even thou dost seek a strong place, because of an enemy.

No EscapeGod Making Drunk

Jehovah hath turned aside thy judgments, He hath faced thine enemy, The king of Israel, Jehovah, is in thy midst, Thou seest evil no more.

God Is Among YouNo CondemnationOvercoming EnemiesCasting Out Fear

'Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy;

Love Your Neighbour!NeighboursLoving Your Enemies

and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,

Sleep, PhysicalParables Of SowingEnemies Of GodWeedPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seedssowing

And he saith to them, A man, an enemy, did this; and the servants said to him, Wilt thou, then, that having gone away we may gather it up?

Enemies Of God

said, 'O full of all guile, and all profligacy, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the right ways of the Lord?

Satan, Agents OfShrewdnessDenunciationsMischiefChildren Of EvilTwistingStraight PathsMen DeceivingChildren Of The DevilEnemies Of GodDemonic Influence

Related Words

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Antagonist (3 instances)
Opposition (40 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
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איב 
'ayab 
Usage: 1

אויב איב 
'oyeb 
Usage: 272

ער 
`ar 
Usage: 2

צר צר 
Tsar 
Usage: 109

צרר 
Tsarar 
Usage: 54

שׂנא 
Sane' 
Usage: 145

ἐχθρός 
Echthros 
Usage: 18

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