אֹיֵב
ʼôyêb · o-yabe'
hating; an adversary
Lexicon
Derivation: or (fully) אוֹיֵב; active participle of H340 (אָיַב);
hating; an adversary
- hating
- an adversary
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: enemy, foe.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the hand that works › the house, what is within
Strength, the leader of the hand that works of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֹיֵב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
283 occurrences · 283 OT · 0 NT · 178 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of their enemies14 · 10%
- of the enemy14 · 10%
- the enemy12 · 8%
- their enemies12 · 8%
- mine enemies9 · 6%
- thine enemies8 · 6%
- of thine enemies8 · 6%
- your enemies7 · 5%
- all thine enemies7 · 5%
- enemies5 · 3%
- thine enemy4 · 3%
- his enemies4 · 3%
- of our enemies4 · 3%
- from mine enemies4 · 3%
- of mine enemies4 · 3%
- of his enemies4 · 3%
- unto thine enemies3 · 2%
- enemy3 · 2%
- of all their enemies3 · 2%
- wherewith thine enemies3 · 2%
- against thine enemies3 · 2%
- for, lo, thine enemies3 · 2%
- of your enemies3 · 2%
- from all thine enemies2 · 1%
- and your enemies2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.