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, 1Co 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, Mat 13:28, Mat 22:44, Mar 12:36, Luk 19:27, Luk 20:43, Act 2:35, Rom 11:28, Phi 3:18, Heb 1:13, Heb 10:13; or to His servants, Rev 11:5, Rev 11:12. To the nation of Israel, Luk 1:71, Luk 1:74, Luk 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 1:5-44, Mat 10:36, Luk 6:27, Luk 6:35, Rom 12:20, 1Co 15:25; of the Apostle Paul because he told converts "the truth," Gal 4:16. See FOE. Cp. echthra, "enmity."
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