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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Adversaries

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

36exact KJV occurrences 31Old Testament 5New Testament 17books containing the word 8mapped Strong's IDs 36occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

Hebrews 10:27

But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where adversaries appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH6862
צַר

tsar · tsar

21 times translated as this KJV form103 total Strong's occurrences

a n-m

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.

Strong's first: Deuteronomy 32:27Strong's last: Nahum 1:2

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HebrewH7853
שָׂטַן

sâṭan · saw-tan'

5 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH6887
צָרַר

tsârar · tsaw-rar'

2 times translated as this KJV form57 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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GreekG5227
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

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HebrewH6696
צוּר

tsûwr · tsoor

1 times translated as this KJV form38 total Strong's occurrences

v

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.

Strong's first: Exodus 23:22Strong's last: Exodus 23:22

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HebrewH7378
רִיב

rîyb · reeb

1 times translated as this KJV form66 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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36 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Exodus 23:22
H6696

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.

Deuteronomy 32:27
H6862

Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

Deuteronomy 32:43
H6862

Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

Joshua 5:13
H6862

And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

1 Samuel 2:10
H7378

The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

2 Samuel 19:22
H7854

And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

Ezra 4:1
H6862

Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;

Nehemiah 4:11
H6862

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

Psalms 38:20
H7853

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

Psalms 69:19
H6887

Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

Psalms 71:13
H7853

Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

Psalms 81:14
H6862

I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

Psalms 89:42
H6862

Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Psalms 109:4
H7853

For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.

Psalms 109:20
H7853

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

Psalms 109:29
H7853

Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

Isaiah 1:24
H6862

Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

Isaiah 9:11
H6862

Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;

Isaiah 11:13
H6887

The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

Isaiah 59:18
H6862

According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

Isaiah 63:18
H6862

The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

Isaiah 64:2
H6862

As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

Jeremiah 30:16
H6862

Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

Jeremiah 46:10
H6862

For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Jeremiah 50:7
H6862

All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

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.

SOURCE & METHOD

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