o.yev H341

אֹיֵב (o.yev) means “enemy” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אֹיֵב Hebrew · H341 282 tagged occurrences in 275 verses

Pronunciation guide: o-yabe' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0341

אֹיֵב · o.yev · enemy

1) (Qal) enemy 1a) personal 1b) national

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or (fully) אוֹיֵב; active participle of H340 (אָיַב); hating; an adversary

KJV glosses: enemy, foe.

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How translators render H341

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
your enemies	36
my enemies	25
the enemy	18
their enemies	17
of their enemies	15
his enemies	14
of your enemies	11
of the enemy	9
the enemies	8
an enemy	7
enemies	7
your enemy	7
enemy	6
my enemy	5
our enemies	5
of our enemies	4
to your enemies	4
from my enemies	3
like an enemy	3
against my enemies	2
because of the enemys	2
from their enemies	2
his enemy	2
may your enemies	2
my foes	2
of his enemies	2
of the enemies	2
on my enemies	2
our enemy	2
their enemy	2
against the enemies	1
allowed my foes	1
and enemies	1
and enemy	1
and foes	1
and his enemies	1
and your enemies	1
as an enemy would	1
as my enemies	1
because your enemies	1
by their enemies	1
enemies are	1
even our enemies	1
foes	1
for his enemies	1
for the word	1
for your enemies	1
from the enemy	1
from your enemies	1
he has let the enemy	1
her enemies	1
his enemies together	1
his own	1
i will be an enemy	1
its enemies	1
many are my enemies	1
may my enemy	1
may the enemies	1
of her enemies	1
of his foes	1
of my foes	1
of your foes	1
on their enemies	1
or a foe	1
over their enemies	1
so that your enemies	1
than my enemies	1
that your enemies	1
the mans enemies	1
their foes	1
then may my enemy	1
then my enemy	1
to his enemies	1
to his foes	1
upon its enemies	1
when my enemies	1
when your enemy	1
will my enemy	1
will the foe	1
with your enemy	1
you sent my enemy	1
your enemys	1
yourselves to your enemies	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
of the enemy	14
of their enemies	14
the enemy	14
their enemies	11
mine enemies	10
thine enemies	8
all thine enemies	7
enemies	7
of thine enemies	7
your enemies	7
enemy	4
from mine enemies	4
his enemies	4
of his enemies	4
of mine enemies	4
of our enemies	4
thine enemy	4
against thine enemies	3
for lo thine enemies	3
of all their enemies	3
of your enemies	3
unto thine enemies	3
upon mine enemies	3
wherewith thine enemies	3
against the enemies	2
all their enemies	2
and your enemies	2
because the enemy	2
for his enemies	2
for the enemy	2
from all his enemies	2
from all thine enemies	2
from their enemies	2
his enemy	2
in your enemies	2
me from mine enemies	2
mine enemy	2
our enemy	2
the enemies	2
to his enemies	2
above mine enemies	1
against all his enemies	1
against his enemies	1
against the enemy	1
against their enemies	1
against their enemy	1
against your enemies	1
all mine enemies	1
all our enemies	1
and all thine enemies	1
and enemy	1
and hast not made my foes	1
and it came to pass that when all our enemies	1
and it came to pass when our enemies	1
and let thine enemies	1
and my foes	1
and our enemies	1
and the enemies	1
and the enemy	1
and thine enemies	1
as an enemy	1
because of the enemy	1
but mine enemies	1
even our enemies	1
for mine enemies	1
for thee of thine enemies	1
for thine enemies	1
for you against your enemies	1
for your enemies	1
from all their enemies	1
from all your enemies	1
from your enemies	1
hath mine enemy	1
he maketh even his enemies	1
her enemies	1
him and his enemies	1
him of his enemies	1
how long shall mine enemy	1
i count them mine enemies	1
i will cause the enemy	1
if their enemies	1
if their enemy	1
lest mine enemy	1
let all mine enemies	1
let his enemies	1
let mine enemy	1
let not mine enemies	1
let not them that are mine enemies	1
let the enemy	1
like an enemy	1
me all mine enemies	1
me because mine enemy	1
me because of mine enemies	1
me for his enemy	1
me for thine enemy	1
me o mine enemy	1
me of mine enemies	1
not against me o mine enemy	1
not an enemy	1
not his enemy	1
not when thine enemy	1
now let thine enemies	1
o thou enemy	1
of all his enemies	1
of all your enemies	1
of an enemy	1
of her enemies	1
of the enemies	1
on mine enemies	1
our enemies	1
over mine enemies	1
over their enemies	1
shall the enemy	1
shall thine enemies	1
so let all thine enemies	1
than mine enemies	1
that the enemies	1
them out of their enemies	1
them to the enemy	1
themselves on their enemies	1
themselves upon their enemies	1
then shall mine enemies	1
thine enemys	1
thou hast made all his enemies	1
to all their enemies	1
to all your enemies	1
to be their enemy	1
to the enemies	1
toward his enemies	1
unto the enemies	1
unto your enemies	1
upon the enemy	1
upon thine enemies	1
us against the enemy	1
was as an enemy	1
when mine enemies	1
wherewith their enemies	1
wherewith thine enemy	1
with her they are become her enemies	1
with the enemies	1
with thine enemies	1

Verses containing H341

Page 2 of 6. 275 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Deuteronomy 32:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
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Deuteronomy 33:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
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Deuteronomy 33:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
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Joshua 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
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Joshua 7:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.
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Joshua 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.
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Joshua 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”
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Joshua 10:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you, do not stop there. Pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Do not let them reach their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand.”
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Joshua 10:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Do not be afraid or discouraged,” Joshua said. “Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all the enemies you fight.”
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Joshua 21:44 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
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Joshua 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”
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Joshua 23:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,
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Judges 2:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
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Judges 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
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Judges 3:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to cross over.
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Judges 5:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
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Judges 8:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
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Judges 11:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have said, for the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.”
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Judges 16:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”
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Judges 16:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.”
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1 Samuel 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
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1 Samuel 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
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1 Samuel 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’
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1 Samuel 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.
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1 Samuel 14:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.
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1 Samuel 14:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”
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1 Samuel 14:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
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1 Samuel 18:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
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1 Samuel 18:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.
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1 Samuel 19:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”
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1 Samuel 20:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”
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1 Samuel 20:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”
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1 Samuel 24:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
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Source alternate reference: 24.5
1 Samuel 24:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
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Source alternate reference: 24.20
1 Samuel 25:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one male belonging to Nabal survive until morning.”
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1 Samuel 25:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
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1 Samuel 25:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
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1 Samuel 26:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”
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1 Samuel 29:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
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1 Samuel 30:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
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2 Samuel 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”
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2 Samuel 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
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2 Samuel 5:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
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2 Samuel 7:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
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2 Samuel 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.
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2 Samuel 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
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2 Samuel 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”
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2 Samuel 18:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”
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2 Samuel 18:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man.”
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2 Samuel 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
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Source alternate reference: 19.10

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