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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g2190 Greek: echthros

Enemy:

an adjective, primarily denoting "hated" or "hateful" (akin to echthos, "hate;" perhaps associated with ektos, "outside"), hence, in the Active sense, denotes "hating, hostile;" it is used as a noun signifying an "enemy," adversary, and is said

(a) of the Devil, Mat 13:39; Luk 10:19;

(b) of death, 1Cr 15:26;

(c) of the professing believer who would be a friend of the world, thus making himself an enemy of God, Jam 4:4;

(d) of men who are opposed to Christ, Mat 13:25, 28; 22:44; Mar 12:36; Luk 19:27; 20:43; Act 2:35; Rom 11:28; Phl 3:18; Hbr 1:13; 10:13; or to His servants, Rev 11:5, 12; to the nation of Israel, Luk 1:71, 74; 19:43;

(e) of one who is opposed to righteousness, Act 13:10;

(f) of Israel in its alienation from God, Rom 11:28;

(g) of the unregenerate in their attitude toward God, Rom 5:10; Col 1:21;

(h) of believers in their former state, 2Th 3:15;

(i) of foes, Mat 5:43, 44; 10:36; Luk 6:27, 35: Rom 12:20; 1Cr 15:25; of the Apostle Paul because he told converts "the truth," Gal 4:16.
See FOE. Cp. echthra, "enmity."

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