Greek noun (feminine) · G2189
ἔχθρα
echthraekh'-thrah
of things or persons, unpleasantness, odiousness (Hipp., Dem., al.); dislike (Plat.). disagreement (MM
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: échthra
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2189is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2189
hostility; by implication, a reason for opposition
The King James renders it: enmity, hatred.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
echthra is rendered "of things or persons, unpleasantness, odiousness (Hipp., Dem., al.); dislike (Plat.). disagreement (MM". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- One of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "of things or persons, unpleasantness, odiousness (Hipp., Dem., al.)".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 23:12That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.
Luke 23:12ἔχθρᾳ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in five of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: of things or persons, unpleasantness, odiousness (Hipp., Dem., al.), and dislike (Plat.). disagreement (MM.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| of things or persons, unpleasantness, odiousness (Hipp., Dem., al.) | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 23:12That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies. |
| dislike (Plat.). disagreement (MM | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 23:12That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐχθρός | echthros | enemy | Uses32 |
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἔχθρα2
- ἔχθρᾳ1
- ἔχθραι1
- ἔχθραν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular2N-NSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1N-ASF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1N-NPF
Luke
one use
That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.
- ἔχθρᾳechthranoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: enmity
Romans
one use
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
- ἔχθραechthranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hostility
Galatians
one use
idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
- ἔχθραιechthrainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: enmities
Ephesians
one use
and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.
- ἔχθρανechthrannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: hostility
James
one use
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
- ἔχθραechthranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: hostility
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.