Word Study · Strong's G2190 · Greek
ἐχθρός
echthros
ech-thros'
Strong's 1890 spelling: echthrós
“hateful (passively, odious, or actively, hostile)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
hateful (passively, odious, or actively, hostile); usually as a noun, an adversary (especially Satan)
Rendered in the KJV as
enemy, foe.
- 32occurrencesin the New Testament
- 13 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 32 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- ἐχθροὺς7
- ἐχθρὸς6
- ἐχθρούς6
- ἐχθροὶ5
- ἐχθρῶν2
- ἐχθρὲ1
- ἐχθροί1
- ἐχθρόν1
- ἐχθρὸν1
- ἐχθρός1
- ἐχθροῦ,1
How it is rendered · 9
- enemies18
- enemy6
- an enemy2
- [the] enemies1
- [they are] enemies1
- An enemy1
- enemy,1
- hostile1
- the enemy1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural13
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular7
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural6
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular2
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1
- noun · vocative (address) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-APM · 13
- N-NSM · 7
- N-NPM · 6
- N-ASM · 2
- N-GPM · 2
- N-GSM · 1
- N-VSM · 1
All 32, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Luke carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew7 occurrences
- Matthew 5:43ἐχθρόνechthronnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularYou have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’here: enemy
- Matthew 5:44ἐχθροὺςechthrousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralBut I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,here: enemies
- Matthew 10:36ἐχθροὶechthroinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralA man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’here: enemies
- Matthew 13:25ἐχθρὸςechthrosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularBut while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.here: enemy
- Matthew 13:28ἐχθρὸςechthrosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’here: An enemy
- Matthew 13:39ἐχθρὸςechthrosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularand the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.here: the enemy
- Matthew 22:44ἐχθρούςechthrousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine plural‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’here: enemies
Luke8 occurrences
- Luke 1:71ἐχθρῶνechthrōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralsalvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,here: [the] enemies
- Luke 1:74ἐχθρῶνechthrōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraldeliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,here: enemies
- Luke 6:27ἐχθροὺςechthrousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralBut to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,here: enemies
- Luke 6:35ἐχθροὺςechthrousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralBut love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.here: enemies
- Luke 10:19ἐχθροῦ,echthrounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularBehold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.here: enemy,
- Luke 19:27ἐχθρούςechthrousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralAnd these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”here: enemies
- Luke 19:43ἐχθροίechthroinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralFor the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.here: enemies
- Luke 20:43ἐχθρούςechthrousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraluntil I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’here: enemies
Acts2 occurrences
- Acts 2:35ἐχθρούςechthrousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraluntil I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’here: enemies
- Acts 13:10ἐχθρὲechthrenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singularand said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?here: enemy
Romans3 occurrences
- Romans 5:10ἐχθροὶechthroinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralFor if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!here: enemies
- Romans 11:28ἐχθροὶechthroinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralRegarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.here: [they are] enemies
- Romans 12:20ἐχθρόςechthrosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularOn the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”here: enemy
1 Corinthians2 occurrences
Galatians1 occurrence
Philippians1 occurrence
Colossians1 occurrence
2 Thessalonians1 occurrence
Hebrews2 occurrences
- Hebrews 1:13ἐχθρούςechthrousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralYet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?here: enemies
- Hebrews 10:13ἐχθροὶechthroinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralSince that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,here: enemies
Revelation2 occurrences
- Revelation 11:5ἐχθροὺςechthrousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralIf anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.here: enemies
- Revelation 11:12ἐχθροὶechthroinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralAnd the witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched them.here: enemies