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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Adversary

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.

22exact KJV occurrences 16Old Testament 6New Testament 14books containing the word 8mapped Strong's IDs 22occurrence-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

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where adversary 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.

GreekG476
ἀντίδικος

antídikos · an-tid'-ee-kos

5 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

an opponent (in a lawsuit); specially, Satan (as the arch-enemy)

Strong's KJV usage: :--adversary.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 5:25Strong's last: 1 Peter 5:8

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HebrewH6862
צַר

tsar · tsar

5 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: Psalms 74:10Strong's last: Amos 3:11

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HebrewH376
אִישׁ

ʼîysh · eesh

2 times translated as this KJV form1,622 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

Strong's KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.

Strong's first: Esther 7:6Strong's last: Job 31:35

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HebrewH1167
בַּעַל

baʻal · bah'-al

1 times translated as this KJV form82 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)

Strong's KJV usage: archer, babbler, bird, captain, chief man, confederate, have to do, dreamer, those to whom it is due, furious, those that are given to it, great, hairy, he that hath it, have, horseman, husband, lord, man, married, master, person, sworn, they of.

Strong's first: Isaiah 50:8Strong's last: Isaiah 50:8

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HebrewH6887
צָרַר

tsârar · tsaw-rar'

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

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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

Exodus 23:22
H6887

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.

Numbers 22:22
H7854

And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.

1 Samuel 1:6
H6869

And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

1 Samuel 29:4
H7854

And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?

1 Kings 5:4
H7854

But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.

1 Kings 11:14
H7854

And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.

1 Kings 11:23
H7854

And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:

1 Kings 11:25
H7854

And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.

Esther 7:6
H376

And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

Job 31:35
H376

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

Psalms 74:10
H6862

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

Isaiah 50:8
H1167

He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

Lamentations 1:10
H6862

The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

Lamentations 2:4
H6862

He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.

Lamentations 4:12
H6862

The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

Amos 3:11
H6862

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.

Matthew 5:25
G476

Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Matthew 5:25
G476

Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Luke 12:58
G476

When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

Luke 18:3
G476

And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

1 Timothy 5:14
G480

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

1 Peter 5:8
G476

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.
Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.
Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.