ἔχθρα (echthra) means “hostility” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ekh'-thrah Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
ἔχθρα · echthra · hostility
ἔχθρα, -ας, ἡ (ἐχθρός), [in LXX for אֵיבָה, שִׂנְאָה, etc. ;] enmity: Luk.23:12, Rom.8:7, Gal.5:20, Eph.2:15-16, Jas.4:4.† ἀηδία, -ας, ἡ (ἀ- neg., ἦδος, pleasure), [in LXX: Pro.23:29 (שִׂיחַ)* ;] 1. of things or persons, unpleasantness, odiousness (Hipp., Dem., al.) 2. dislike (Plat.). disagreement (MM, VGT, see word): Luk.23:12 D.† (AS)
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enmity, hostility, alienation.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| hostility | 2 |
| enemies | 1 |
| hatred | 1 |
| is hostile | 1 |
| of hostility | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| enmity | 3 |
| the enmity | 2 |
| hatred | 1 |
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That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.
Read word by wordbecause the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
Read word by wordidolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
Read word by wordFor He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility
Read word by wordand reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility.
Read word by wordYou adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
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