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Lexicon :: Strong's H341 - 'ōyēḇ

Aa
אֹיֵב
Transliteration
'ōyēḇ
Pronunciation
o-yabe'
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Part of Speech
substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
Active participle of אָיַב (H340)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 78

Strong’s Definitions

אֹיֵב ʼôyêb, o-yabe'; or (fully) אוֹיֵב ʼôwyêb; active participle of H340; hating; an adversary:—enemy, foe.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 282x

The KJV translates Strong's H341 in the following manner: enemy(s) (280x), foes (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 282x
The KJV translates Strong's H341 in the following manner: enemy(s) (280x), foes (2x).
  1. (Qal) enemy

    1. personal

    2. national

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֹיֵב ʼôyêb, o-yabe'; or (fully) אוֹיֵב ʼôwyêb; active participle of H340; hating; an adversary:—enemy, foe.
STRONGS H341: Abbreviations
[אָיַב] 283 verb be hostile to (Assyrian aibu (see Dlw), enemy = אֹיֵב) —
Qal Perfectוְאָיַבְתִּ֫י [H340 Exodus 23:22]; Participle אוֺיֵב (אֹיֵב) Exodus 15:6 +; suffix (אוֺיְבִי)אֹיְבִי) 2 Samuel 22:18 = Psalm 18:18 [Psalm 18:17] +; feminine suffix אֹיַבְתִּי Micah 7:8, 10; אֹיִבְךָ Exodus 23:4 +, etc.; plural אֹויְבִים Psalm 68:24 [Psalm 68:23]; Psalm 127:5; אֹיְבִים Psalm 139:22, etc.; — be hostile to, treat as enemy [H340 Exodus 23:22] (E, Cov't code) וְאָיַבְתִּ֫י אֶת־אֹיְבֶיךָ וְצַרְתִּ֫י אֶת־צֹרְרֶיךָ (subject י׳); elsewhere Participle 1 Samuel 18:29 וַיְהִי שָׁאוּל אֹיֵב אֶת־דָּוִד; usually as substantive & mostly suffix; enemy, of personal foe Exodus 23:4 (E || שׂנֵא Exodus 23:5) Numbers 35:23 (P) 1 Samuel 19:17 (compare 1 Samuel 18:29) 1 Samuel 24:5 [1 Samuel 24:4]; 1 Samuel 24:20 [1Samuel 24:19]; 2 Samuel 4:8; 1 Kings 21:20; Job 27:7; Psalm 54:9 [Psalm 54:7]; Psalm 55:13 [Psalm 55:12] (|| מְשַׂנֵּא; opposed to אַלּוּף, מְיֻדָּע Psalm 55:14 [Psalm 55:13]) Micah 2:8; Proverbs 16:7; Proverbs 24:17 +; in simile Jeremiah 30:14 (מַכַּת אוֺיֵב); of public national enemy, singular Judges 16:23, 24; collective Exodus 15:6,9; Deuteronomy 33:27; Nahum 3:11; 2 Chronicles 6:24 +; personified Micah 7:8, 10; more often plural [H340 Exodus 23:22] (E) Leviticus 26:7f (H) Numbers 10:9 (P) Deuteronomy 1:42; Deuteronomy 6:19; Jeremiah 15:9; Jeremiah 34:20, 21 +; of enemies of God, as protector of his people Numbers 10:35 (J) Judges 5:31; 1 Samuel 30:26; 2 Samuel 18:19; Psalm 66:3; Psalm 68:1; Psalm 68:22 [Psalm 68:21]; Nahum 1:2, 8; Isaiah 66:6 +; as morally supreme Job 13:24; Job 33:10; Psalm 37:20; Psalm 92:10 [Psalm 92:9] (twice in verse) +; of God as enemy of rebellious people Isaiah 63:10, in simile Lamentations 2:4, 5.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:6; 15:6; 15:9; 23:4; 23:4; 23:5

Leviticus

26:7

Numbers

10:9; 10:35; 35:23

Deuteronomy

1:42; 6:19; 33:27

Judges

5:31; 16:23; 16:24

1 Samuel

18:29; 18:29; 19:17; 24:4; 24:19; 30:26

2 Samuel

4:8; 18:19; 22:18

1 Kings

21:20

2 Chronicles

6:24

Job

13:24; 27:7; 33:10

Psalms

18:17; 37:20; 54:7; 55:12; 55:13; 66:3; 68:1; 68:21; 68:23; 92:9; 127:5; 139:22

Proverbs

16:7; 24:17

Isaiah

63:10; 66:6

Jeremiah

15:9; 30:14; 34:20; 34:21

Lamentations

2:4; 2:5

Micah

2:8; 7:8; 7:8; 7:10; 7:10

Nahum

1:2; 1:8; 3:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H341 matches the Hebrew אֹיֵב ('ōyēḇ),
which occurs 284 times in 275 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 6 (2Sa 22:1–Psa 9:6)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:1 - And H1696 David H1732 spake H1696 unto the LORD H3068 the words H1697 of H7892 this H2063 song H7892 in the day H3117 that the LORD H3068 had delivered H5337 him H853 out of the hand H3709 of all H3605 his enemies, H341 and out of the hand H3709 of Saul: H7586
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:4 - I will call on H7121 the LORD, H3068 who is worthy to be praised: H1984 so H341 shall I be saved H3467 from mine enemies.  H341
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:18 - He delivered me H5337 from my H341 strong H5794 enemy,  H341 and from them that hated me: H8130 for H3588 they were too strong H553 for me. H4480
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:38 - I have pursued H7291 mine enemies, H341 and destroyed them; H8045 and H3808 turned H7725 not H3808 again H7725 until H5704 I had consumed them. H3615
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:41 - Thou hast H5414 also H341 given H5414 me the necks H6203 of H8130 mine enemies,  H341 that I might destroy H6789 them that hate me. H8130
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:49 - And that bringeth me forth H3318 from mine enemies: H341 thou H7311 also H6965 hast lifted me up on high H7311 above them that rose up against me: H6965 thou hast delivered me H5337 from the H376 violent H2555 man. H376
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:11 - And H559 God H430 said H559 unto him, H413 Because H3282 H834 thou hast asked H7592 this H2088 thing, H1697 and H3808 hast H7592 not H3808 asked H7592 for thyself long H7227 life; H3117 neither H3808 hast asked H7592 riches H6239 for thyself, nor H3808 hast asked H7592 the life H5315 of thine enemies; H341 but hast asked H7592 for thyself understanding H995 to discern H8085 judgment; H4941
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:33 - When H5062 thy people H5971 Israel H3478 be smitten down H5062 before H6440 the enemy, H341 because H834 they have sinned H2398 against thee, and shall turn again H7725 to thee, H413 and confess H3034 thy name, H8034 and pray, H6419 and make supplication H2603 unto thee H413 in H1004 this H2088 house: H1004
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 - If H3588 there be H1961 in the land H776 famine, H7458 if H3588 there be H1961 pestilence, H1698 blasting, H7711 mildew, H3420 locust, H697 or if H3588 there be H1961 caterpiller; H2625 if H3588 their enemy H341 besiege H6887 them in the land H776 of their cities; H8179 whatsoever H3605 plague, H5061 whatsoever H3605 sickness H4245 there be;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:44 - If H3588 thy people H5971 go out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 their enemy, H341 whithersoever H1870 H834 thou shalt send them, H7971 and shall pray H6419 unto H413 the LORD H3068 toward H1870 the city H5892 which H834 thou hast chosen, H977 and toward the house H1004 that H834 I have built H1129 for thy name: H8034
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:46 - If H3588 they sin H2398 against thee, (for H3588 there is no H369 man H120 that H834 sinneth H2398 not,) H3808 and thou be angry H599 with them, and deliver them H5414 to H6440 the enemy, H341 so that they carry them away H7617 captives H7617 unto H413 the land H776 of the enemy, H341 far H7350 or H176 near; H7138
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:48 - And so return H7725 unto thee H413 with all H3605 their heart, H3824 and with all H3605 their soul, H5315 in the land H776 of their enemies, H341 which H834 led H7617 them H853 away captive, H7617 and pray H6419 unto thee H413 toward H1870 their land, H776 which H834 thou gavest H5414 unto their fathers, H1 the city H5892 which H834 thou hast chosen, H977 and the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for thy name: H8034
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:20 - And H559 Ahab H256 said H559 to H413 Elijah, H452 Hast thou found me, H4672 O mine enemy? H341 And he answered, H559 I have found H4672 thee: because H3282 thou hast sold thyself H4376 to work H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:39 - But H3588 H518 the LORD H3068 your God H430 ye shall fear; H3372 and he H1931 shall deliver H5337 you H853 out of the hand H3027 of all H3605 your enemies. H341
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:14 - And I will forsake H5203 the remnant H7611 of mine inheritance, H5159 and deliver them H5414 into the hand H3027 of their enemies; H341 and they shall become H1961 a prey H957 and a spoil H4933 to all H3605 their enemies; H341
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:11 - So they came up H5927 to Baalperazim; H1188 H1188 and H5221 David H1732 smote them H5221 there. H8033 Then H559 David H1732 said, H559 God H430 hath broken in H6555 upon mine enemies H341 by mine hand H3027 like the breaking forth H6556 of waters: H4325 therefore H5921 H3651 they called H7121 the name H8034 of H4725 that H1931 place H4725 Baalperazim. H1188 H1188
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:8 - And I have been H1961 with thee H5973 whithersoever H3605 H834 thou hast walked, H1980 and have cut off H3772 all H3605 thine enemies H341 from before thee, H6440 and have made H6213 thee a name H8034 like the name H8034 of the great men H1419 that H834 are in the earth. H776
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:10 - And since the time H3117 that H834 I commanded H6680 judges H8199 to be over H5921 my people H5971 Israel. H3478 Moreover I will subdue H3665 all H3605 thine enemies. H341 Furthermore I tell H5046 thee that H1004 the LORD H3068 will build H1129 thee an house. H1004
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - Either H518 three H7969 years' H8141 famine; H7458 or H518 three H7969 months H2320 to be destroyed H5595 before H6440 thy foes, H6862 while that the sword H2719 of thine enemies H341 overtaketh H5381 thee; or else H518 three H7969 days H3117 the sword H2719 of the LORD, H3068 even the pestilence, H1698 in the land, H776 and the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 destroying H7843 throughout all H3605 the coasts H1366 of Israel. H3478 Now therefore H6258 advise thyself H7200 what H4100 word H1697 I shall bring again H7725 to H854 him that sent me. H7971
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:9 - Behold, H2009 a son H1121 shall be born H3205 to thee, who H1931 shall be H1961 a man H376 of rest; H4496 and I will give H5117 him rest H5117 from all H3605 his enemies H341 round about: H5439 for H3588 his name H8034 shall be H1961 Solomon, H8010 and H7965 I will give H5414 peace H7965 and quietness H8253 unto H5921 Israel H3478 in his days. H3117
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:24 - And if H518 thy people H5971 Israel H3478 be put to the worse H5062 before H6440 the enemy, H341 because H3588 they have sinned H2398 against thee; and shall return H7725 and confess H3034 thy name, H8034 and pray H6419 and make supplication H2603 before thee H6440 in H1004 this H2088 house; H1004
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:28 - If H3588 there be H1961 dearth H7458 in the land, H776 if H3588 there be H1961 pestilence, H1698 if H3588 there be H1961 blasting, H7711 or mildew, H3420 locusts, H697 or caterpillers; H2625 if H3588 their enemies H341 besiege H6696 them in the cities H8179 of their land; H776 whatsoever H3605 sore H5061 or whatsoever H3605 sickness H4245 there be:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:34 - If H3588 thy people H5971 go out H3318 to war H4421 against H5921 their enemies H341 by the way H1870 that H834 thou shalt send them, H7971 and they pray H6419 unto thee H413 toward H1870 this H2063 city H5892 which H834 thou hast chosen, H977 and the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for thy name; H8034
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:36 - If H3588 they sin H2398 against thee, (for H3588 there is no H369 man H120 which H834 sinneth H2398 not,) H3808 and thou be angry H599 with them, and deliver them over H5414 before H6440 their enemies, H341 and they carry them away captives H7617 H7617 unto H413 a land H776 far off H7350 or H176 near; H7138
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:27 - Then they returned, H7725 every H3605 man H376 of Judah H3063 and Jerusalem, H3389 and Jehoshaphat H3092 in the forefront of them, H7218 to go again H7725 to H413 Jerusalem H3389 with joy; H8057 for H3588 the LORD H3068 had made them to rejoice H8055 over their enemies. H341
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:29 - And H1961 the fear H6343 of God H430 was H1961 on H5921 all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of H776 those countries, H776 when they had heard H8085 that H3588 the LORD H3068 fought H3898 against H5973 the enemies H341 of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:8 - But H3588 if H518 thou H859 wilt go, H935 do H6213 it, be strong H2388 for the battle: H4421 God H430 shall make thee fall H3782 before H6440 the enemy: H341 for H3588 God H430 hath H3426 power H3581 to help, H5826 and to cast down. H3782
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13 - And under H5921 their hand H3027 was an army, H2428 H6635 three H7969 hundred H3967 thousand H505 and seven H7651 thousand H505 and five H2568 hundred, H3967 that made H6213 war H4421 with H3581 mighty H2428 power, H3581 to help H5826 the king H4428 against H5921 the enemy. H341
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For H3588 I was ashamed H954 to require H7592 of H4480 the king H4428 a band of soldiers H2428 and horsemen H6571 to help us H5826 against the enemy H341 in the way: H1870 because H3588 we had spoken H559 unto the king, H4428 saying, H559 The hand H3027 of our God H430 is upon H5921 all H3605 them H1245 for good H2896 that seek him; H1245 but his power H5797 and his wrath H639 is against H5921 all H3605 them that forsake him. H5800
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - Then we departed H5265 from the river H5104 of Ahava H163 on the twelfth H8147 H6240 day of the H2320 first H7223 month, H2320 to go H3212 unto Jerusalem: H3389 and the hand H3027 of our God H430 was H1961 upon us, H5921 and he delivered us H5337 from the hand H3709 of the enemy, H341 and of such as lay in wait H693 by H5921 the way. H1870
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:15 - And it came to pass, H1961 when H834 our enemies H341 heard H8085 that H3588 it was known H3045 unto us, and H6565 God H430 had brought H6565 their counsel H6098 to nought, H6565 that we returned H7725 all of us H3605 to H413 the wall, H2346 every one H376 unto H413 his work. H4399
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:9 - Also I said, H559 It H1697 is not H3808 good H2896 that H834 ye H859 do: H6213 ought ye H3212 not H3808 to walk H3212 in the fear H3374 of our God H430 because of the reproach H2781 of the heathen H1471 our enemies? H341
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Now it came to pass, H1961 when H834 Sanballat, H5571 and Tobiah, H2900 and Geshem H1654 the Arabian, H6163 and the rest H3499 of our enemies, H341 heard H8085 that H3588 I had builded H1129 the wall, H2346 and H3808 that there was H3498 no H3808 breach H6556 left H3498 therein; (though H1571 at H5704 that H1931 time H6256 I had H5975 not H3808 set up H5975 the doors H1817 upon the gates;) H8179
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:16 - And it came to pass, H1961 that when H834 all H3605 our enemies H341 heard H8085 thereof, and H7200 all H3605 the heathen H1471 that H834 were about us H5439 saw H7200 these things, they were H5307 much H3966 cast down H5307 in their own eyes: H5869 for they perceived H3045 that H3588 this H2063 work H4399 was wrought H6213 of H854 our God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28 - But after H5117 they had rest, H5117 they H7725 did H6213 evil H7451 again H7725 before thee: H6440 therefore leftest thou them H5800 in the hand H3027 of their enemies, H341 so that they had the dominion H7287 over them: yet when they returned, H7725 and cried unto thee, H2199 thou H859 heardest H8085 them from heaven; H8064 and H5337 many H7227 times H6256 didst thou deliver them H5337 according to thy mercies; H7356
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:6 - And H559 Esther H635 said, H559 The adversary H376 H6862 and enemy H341 is this H2088 wicked H7451 Haman. H2001 Then Haman H2001 was afraid H1204 before H6440 the king H4428 and the queen. H4436
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:13 - The copy H6572 of the writing H3791 for a commandment H1881 to be given H5414 in every H3605 province H4082 was published H1540 unto all H3605 people, H5971 and that H1961 the Jews H3064 should be H1961 ready H6264 against H3117 that H2088 day H3117 to avenge themselves H5358 on their enemies. H341
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:1 - Now in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month, H2320 that H1931 is, the month H2320 Adar, H143 on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 of the same, when H834 the king's H4428 commandment H1697 and his decree H1881 drew near H5060 to be put in execution, H6213 in the day H3117 that H834 the enemies H341 of the Jews H3064 hoped H7663 to have power H7980 over them, (though H2015 it H1931 was turned to the contrary, H2015 that H834 the Jews H3064 had rule over H7980 them H1992 that hated them;) H8130
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:5 - Thus H5221 the Jews H3064 smote H5221 all H3605 their enemies H341 with the stroke H4347 of the sword, H2719 and slaughter, H2027 and destruction, H12 and did H6213 what they would H7522 unto those that hated them. H8130
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:16 - But H7605 the H3064 other H7605 Jews H3064 that H834 were in H4082 the king's H4428 provinces H4082 gathered themselves together, H6950 and stood H5975 for H5921 their lives, H5315 and had rest H5118 from their enemies, H341 and slew H2026 of their foes H8130 seventy and H7657 five H2568 thousand, H505 but H961 they laid H7971 not H3808 their hands H3027 on the prey, H961
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - As the days H3117 wherein H834 the Jews H3064 rested H5117 from their enemies, H341 and the month H2320 which H834 was turned H2015 unto them from sorrow H3015 to joy, H8057 and from mourning H60 into a H3117 good H2896 day: H3117 that they should make H6213 them H853 days H3117 of feasting H4960 and joy, H8057 and of sending H4916 portions H4490 one H376 to another, H7453 and gifts H4979 to the poor. H34
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:24 - Wherefore H4100 hidest thou H5641 thy face, H6440 and holdest me H2803 for H341 thine enemy?  H341
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:7 - Let H1961 mine enemy H341 be H1961 as the wicked, H7563 and he that riseth up against me H6965 as the unrighteous. H5767
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:10 - Behold, H2005 he findeth H4672 occasions H8569 against me, H5921 he counteth me H2803 for H341 his enemy,  H341
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 - Arise, H6965 O LORD; H3068 save me, H3467 O my God: H430 for H3588 thou hast smitten H5221 all H3605 mine enemies H341 upon the cheek bone; H3895 thou hast broken H7665 the teeth H8127 of the ungodly. H7563
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:10 - Let H954 all H3605 mine enemies H341 be ashamed H954 and H926 sore H3966 vexed: H926 let them return H7725 and be ashamed H954 suddenly. H7281
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 - Let H7291 the enemy H341 persecute H7291 my soul, H5315 and take H5381 it; yea, let him tread down H7429 my life H2416 upon the earth, H776 and H3519 lay H7931 mine honour H3519 in the dust. H6083 Selah. H5542
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - Out of the mouth H6310 of babes H5768 and sucklings H3243 hast thou ordained H3245 strength H5797 because H4616 of thine enemies, H6887 that thou mightest still H7673 the enemy H341 and the avenger. H5358
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:3 - When H7725 mine enemies H341 are turned H7725 back, H268 they shall fall H3782 and perish H6 at thy presence. H6440
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:6 - O thou enemy, H341 destructions H2723 are come to a H8552 perpetual H5331 end: H8552 and H5892 thou hast destroyed H5428 cities; H5892 their memorial H2143 is perished H6 with them. H1992

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