Senses
1. enemy / hostile one — Substantive adjective used as a noun meaning 'enemy', 'foe', or 'hostile person', referring to personal, national, or spiritual adversaries. The plural forms (AMP, NMP, GMP, 21x) and singular forms (AMS, NMS, GMS, VMS, 11x) represent the same lexical meaning with only grammatical number difference. Multilingual evidence is entirely consistent: Spanish 'enemigos/enemigo' (pl/sg), Hindi 'शत्रुओं–को/शत्रु' (shatrūon = enemies, shatru = enemy), Arabic 'أَعداءَ/أَعْدَاءَكَ' (a'dā' = enemies, pl) and 'عَدُوُّ/عَدوًّا' ('aduww = enemy, sg), Korean '원수들을/원수들이' (wonsudeur = enemies) and '원수가/원수인' (wonsu = enemy), Swahili 'adui' (enemy, same form sg/pl). The word covers enemies of God, of Christ, of believers, and personal foes (as in 'love your enemies'). 32×
AR["أعداءَ","أَعداءً","أَعداءَ","أَعداءَكَ","أَعداءَهُم","أَعداءُ","أَعْداءُ","أَعْدَاءٌ","أَعْدَاءَكَ","أَعْدَاءَكُمْ","أَعْدَاؤُهُ","أَعْدَائِنَا","الْأَعْدَاءِ"]·ben["পাদপীঠ","শত্রু","শত্রুদের","শত্রুদেরকে","শত্রুরা"]·DE["Feind","Feinde"]·EN["enemies","of-enemies"]·FR["ennemi"]·heb["אוֹיְבִיו","אוֹיְבִים","אוֹיְבֵי","אוֹיְבֵיהֶם","אוֹיְבֵיכֶם","אוֹיְבֵינוּ","אוֹיְבֶיךָ","אוֹיְבַי"]·HI["दुशमन","मन-फिराओ","शत्रु","शत्रुओं","शत्रुओं-को","शत्रुओं-से","शत्रुओन"]·ID["itu","musuh","musuh-musuh","musuh-musuhmu"]·IT["nemico"]·jav["-mengsah","mengsah","mengsah-mengsah","mengsah-mengsahipun","mungsuh"]·KO["로","원수들","원수들-로부터","원수들-을","원수들을","원수들이","원수들이라","원수였던"]·PT["dos-inimigos","inimigos"]·RU["-вас","врагами","враги","врагов"]·ES["de-enemigos","enemigos"]·SW["adui","maadui","zako"]·TR["dusmanlar","dusmanlarini","düşmanlar","düşmanları","düşmanlarımızdan","düşmanların","düşmanlarını","düşmanlarınızı","kadar-"]·urd["اپنے","دشمن","دشمن-ہیں","دشمنوں","دشمنوں-کو","دشمنوں-کے","دُشمنوں-کو"]
Matt 5:43, Matt 5:44, Matt 10:36, Matt 13:25, Matt 13:28, Matt 13:39, Matt 22:44, Mark 12:36, Luke 1:71, Luke 1:74, Luke 6:27, Luke 6:35 (+20 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἐχθρός, ά, όν, (ἔχθος) hated, hateful, of persons and things, frequently from Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐ. γάρ μοι κεῖνος ὁμῶς Ἀΐδαο πύλῃσι Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐχθρὸν δέ μοί ἐστιν c.infinitive, 'tis hateful to me to.., Refs 8th c.BC+; compare θεοισεχθρός. __II active, hating, hostile, first in Refs 8th c.BC+ averse from insolence, Refs 5th c.BC+ __III as substantive, ἐχθρός, ὁ, enemy, where the active and…