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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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Psalms 74:10
H6862

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

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.