1. enmity / hostility — Abstract noun denoting enmity, hostility, or antagonism between parties — whether between God and humanity, between individuals, or listed among works of the flesh. The singular (NFS, AFS, DFS, 5x) and plural (NFP, 1x) inflections express the same core concept of active hostility or animosity. Multilingual evidence: Spanish 'enemistad/enemistades' (sg/pl, same root), Hindi 'बैर/शत्रुता/बैरय' (bair = enmity, shatrutā = hostility), Arabic 'العَداوَةَ/عَدَاوَةٌ/العَداواتُ' (al-'adāwa = the enmity, sg/pl), Korean '적대감을/적대감에/적대' (jeokdaegam = hostility/antagonism), Swahili 'uadui/hasira' (uadui = enmity, hasira = anger). All translations uniformly express the single concept of relational hostility. 6×
AR["العَداواتُ","العَداوَةَ","عَداوَةٌ","عَداوَةٍ","عَدَاوَةٌ"]·ben["শত্রুতা","শত্রুতা,","শত্রুতায়"]·DE["Feindschaft","ἔχθρᾳ"]·EN["enmities","enmity","hostility"]·FR["hostilité","inimitié"]·heb["אֵיבָה","אֵיבוֹת"]·HI["बैर","बैरय,","शत्रुता"]·ID["permusuhan"]·IT["echthra","echthrai","echthran","inimicizia"]·jav["mengsah","sesatron","sesatron,","sesengitan"]·KO["원수-됨","원수이라","적대,","적대감에","적대감을"]·PT["inimizade","inimizades"]·RU["-Богу","вражда","вражде","вражду","вражды"]·ES["enemistad","enemistades"]·SW["hasira","uadui"]·TR["dusmanligi","düşmanlık","düşmanlıklar","düşmanlıkta","düşmanlığı","yasayi"]·urd["دشمنی","دشمنیاں"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἔχθρ-α, Ionic dialect ἔχθρη, ἡ, hatred, enmity, Refs 5th c.BC+: in philosophical sense, ={νεῖκος}Refs 3rd c.AD+; ἔ. τινός hatred for, enmity to one, NT+5th c.BC+; δι᾽ ἔχθρας μολεῖν, ἀφῖχθαί τινι, to be at feud with one, Refs 5th c.BC+; πρὸς ἔχθραν from personal enmity, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἔ. συμβάλλειν, συνάπτειν τινί, to engage in hostility with.., Refs 5th c.BC+, of undying hatred, Refs 5th c.BC+