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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Adversary
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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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4 occurrences in 4 verses.
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שָׂטָן
sâṭân · saw-tawn'
6 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: Numbers 22:22Strong's last: 1 Kings 11:25
Open full H7854 profile →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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tsar · tsar
5 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: Psalms 74:10Strong's last: Amos 3:11
Open full H6862 profile →אִישׁ
ʼîysh · eesh
2 times translated as this KJV form1,622 total Strong's occurrences
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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antíkeimai · an-tik'-i-mahee
1 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: 1 Timothy 5:14Strong's last: 1 Timothy 5:14
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baʻal · bah'-al
1 times translated as this KJV form82 total Strong's occurrences
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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tsârâh · tsaw-raw'
1 times translated as this KJV form73 total Strong's occurrences
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival
Strong's KJV usage: adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 1:6Strong's last: 1 Samuel 1:6
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tsârar · tsaw-rar'
1 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: Exodus 23:22Strong's last: Exodus 23:22
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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.
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.
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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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