Exodus 23:22
But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
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Adversaries
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Hebrews 10:27
But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
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8 occurrences in 8 verses.
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Exodus
11 verses
Deuteronomy
22 verses
Joshua
11 verses
1 Samuel
11 verses
2 Samuel
11 verses
Ezra
11 verses
Nehemiah
11 verses
Psalms
88 verses
Isaiah
66 verses
Jeremiah
33 verses
Lamentations
44 verses
Micah
11 verses
Nahum
11 verses
Luke
22 verses
1 Corinthians
11 verses
Philippians
11 verses
Hebrews
11 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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צַר
tsar · tsar
21 times translated as this KJV form103 total Strong's occurrences
narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in 6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
Strong's KJV usage: adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 32:27Strong's last: Nahum 1:2
Open full H6862 profile →שָׂטַן
sâṭan · saw-tan'
5 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to attack, (figuratively) accuse
Strong's KJV usage: (be an) adversary, resist.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 38:20Strong's last: Psalms 109:29
Open full H7853 profile →ἀντίκειμαι
antíkeimai · an-tik'-i-mahee
4 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
to lie opposite, i.e. be adverse (figuratively, repugnant) to
Strong's KJV usage: :--adversary, be contrary, oppose.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 13:17Strong's last: Philippians 1:28
Open full G480 profile →צָרַר
tsârar · tsaw-rar'
2 times translated as this KJV form57 total Strong's occurrences
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
Strong's KJV usage: adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.
Strong's first: Psalms 69:19Strong's last: Isaiah 11:13
Open full H6887 profile →ὑπεναντίος
hypenantíos · hoop-en-an-tee'-os
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
under (covertly) contrary to, i.e. opposed or (as noun) an opponent
Strong's KJV usage: :--adversary, against.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hebrews 10:27Strong's last: Hebrews 10:27
Open full G5227 profile →צוּר
tsûwr · tsoor
1 times translated as this KJV form38 total Strong's occurrences
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
Strong's KJV usage: adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 23:22Strong's last: Exodus 23:22
Open full H6696 profile →רִיב
rîyb · reeb
1 times translated as this KJV form66 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
Strong's KJV usage: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, × ever, × lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, × thoroughly.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 2:10Strong's last: 1 Samuel 2:10
Open full H7378 profile →שָׂטָן
sâṭân · saw-tawn'
1 times translated as this KJV form27 total Strong's occurrences
an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) Satan, the arch-enemy of good
Strong's KJV usage: adversary, Satan, withstand.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 19:22Strong's last: 2 Samuel 19:22
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H6862
Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
H6862
Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.
H6862
Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
H6862
The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
English meaning and historical usage.
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adversary
AD'VERSARY, noun [See Adverse.]
1. An enemy or foe; one who has enmity at heart.
The Lord shall take vengeance on his adversaries. Nahum 1.
In scripture, Satan is called THE adversary by way of eminence. 1 Peter 5:8.
2. An opponent or antagonist, as in a suit at law, or in single combat; an opposing litigant.
AD'VERSARY, adjective Opposed; opposite to; adverse. In law, having an opposing party, as an adversary suit; in distinction from an application, in law or equity, to which no opposition is made.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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