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Lexicon :: Strong's H341 - 'ōyēḇ

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אֹיֵב

Transliteration

'ōyēḇ

Pronunciation

o-yabe'

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Part of Speech

substantive

Root Word (Etymology)

Active participle of אָיַב (H340)

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TWOT Reference: 78

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

(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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H341: Abbreviations

[אָיַב] ₂₈₃ verb be hostile to (Assyrian aibu (see Dl^w), enemy = אֹיֵב) —
Qal Perfect † וְאָיַבְתִּ֫י [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

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

Page 5 / 6 (Psa 89:22–Lam 1:21)

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Psa 89:22 - The enemy will not get the better of him; the wicked will not oppress him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:42

Psa 89:42 - You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.

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Psa 89:51 - the taunts with which your enemies, LORD, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.

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Psa 92:9 - For surely your enemies, LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.

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Psa 102:8 - All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.

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Psa 106:10 - He saved them from the hand of the foe; from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.

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Psa 106:42 - Their enemies oppressed them and subjected them to their power.

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Psa 110:1 - Of David. A psalm. The LORD says to my lord:[fn] “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”

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Psa 110:2 - The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of your enemies!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:98

Psa 119:98 - Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:5

Psa 127:5 - Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.

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Psa 132:18 - I will clothe his enemies with shame, but his head will be adorned with a radiant crown.”

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Psa 138:7 - Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me.

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Psa 139:22 - I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:3

Psa 143:3 - The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in the darkness like those long dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:9

Psa 143:9 - Rescue me from my enemies, LORD, for I hide myself in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:12

Psa 143:12 - In your unfailing love, silence my enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.

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Pro 16:7 - When the LORD takes pleasure in anyone’s way, he causes their enemies to make peace with them.

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Pro 24:17 - Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,

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Isa 1:24 - Therefore the Lord, the LORD Almighty, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes and avenge myself on my enemies.

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Isa 9:11 - But the LORD has strengthened Rezin’s foes against them and has spurred their enemies on.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:13

Isa 42:13 - The LORD will march out like a champion, like a warrior he will stir up his zeal; with a shout he will raise the battle cry and will triumph over his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:18

Isa 59:18 - According to what they have done, so will he repay wrath to his enemies and retribution to his foes; he will repay the islands their due.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:8

Isa 62:8 - The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain as food for your enemies, and never again will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled;

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Isa 63:10 - Yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned and became their enemy and he himself fought against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:6

Isa 66:6 - Hear that uproar from the city, hear that noise from the temple! It is the sound of the LORD repaying his enemies all they deserve.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:14

Isa 66:14 - When you see this, your heart will rejoice and you will flourish like grass; the hand of the LORD will be made known to his servants, but his fury will be shown to his foes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:25

Jer 6:25 - Do not go out to the fields or walk on the roads, for the enemy has a sword, and there is terror on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:7

Jer 12:7 - “I will forsake my house, abandon my inheritance; I will give the one I love into the hands of her enemies.

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Jer 15:9 - The mother of seven will grow faint and breathe her last. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. I will put the survivors to the sword before their enemies,”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:11

Jer 15:11 - The LORD said, “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will make your enemies plead with you in times of disaster and times of distress.

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Jer 15:14 - I will enslave you to your enemies in[fn] a land you do not know, for my anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”

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Jer 17:4 - Through your own fault you will lose the inheritance I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for you have kindled my anger, and it will burn forever.”

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Jer 18:17 - Like a wind from the east, I will scatter them before their enemies; I will show them my back and not my face in the day of their disaster.”

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Jer 19:7 - “ ‘In this place I will ruin[fn] the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, at the hands of those who want to kill them, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds and the wild animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:9

Jer 19:9 - I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh because their enemies will press the siege so hard against them to destroy them.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:4

Jer 20:4 - For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; with your own eyes you will see them fall by the sword of their enemies. I will give all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, who will carry them away to Babylon or put them to the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:5

Jer 20:5 - I will deliver all the wealth of this city into the hands of their enemies—all its products, all its valuables and all the treasures of the kings of Judah. They will take it away as plunder and carry it off to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:7

Jer 21:7 - After that, declares the LORD, I will give Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials and the people in this city who survive the plague, sword and famine, into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who want to kill them. He will put them to the sword; he will show them no mercy or pity or compassion.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:14

Jer 30:14 - All your allies have forgotten you; they care nothing for you. I have struck you as an enemy would and punished you as would the cruel, because your guilt is so great and your sins so many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:16

Jer 31:16 - This is what the LORD says: “Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,”

declares the LORD.

“They will return from the land of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:20

Jer 34:20 - I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who want to kill them. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:21

Jer 34:21 - “I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who want to kill them, to the army of the king of Babylon, which has withdrawn from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:30

Jer 44:30 - This is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who want to kill him, just as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who wanted to kill him.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:37

Jer 49:37 - I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who want to kill them; I will bring disaster on them, even my fierce anger,”

declares the LORD.

“I will pursue them with the sword until I have made an end of them.

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Lam 1:2 - Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

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Lam 1:5 - Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. The LORD has brought her grief because of her many sins. Her children have gone into exile, captive before the foe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:9

Lam 1:9 - Her filthiness clung to her skirts; she did not consider her future. Her fall was astounding; there was none to comfort her. “Look, LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:16

Lam 1:16 - “This is why I weep and my eyes overflow with tears. No one is near to comfort me, no one to restore my spirit. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.”

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Lam 1:21 - “People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my distress; they rejoice at what you have done. May you bring the day you have announced so they may become like me.

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1. LOAD PAGE 1 Gen 22:17–Deu 32:31

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Deu 32:42–2Sa 19:9

3. LOAD PAGE 3 2Sa 22:1–Psa 9:6

4. LOAD PAGE 4 Psa 13:2–Psa 89:10

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6. LOAD PAGE 6 Lam 2:3–Zep 3:15

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