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μισέω G3404
G3404 is the Greek word μισέω, transliterated miséō. The King James Version most often renders it hate.
What it means
to detest (especially to persecute); by extension, to love less.
Where it comes from
from a primary (hatred).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 39 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: hate(-ful).
Verses using μισέω
All 36 verses, quoted in full.
Matthew 5:43 · KJV
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Matthew 5:44 · KJV
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Matthew 6:24 · KJV
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Matthew 10:22 · KJV
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Matthew 24:9 · KJV
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
Matthew 24:10 · KJV
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Mark 13:13 · KJV
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Luke 1:71 · KJV
That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
Luke 6:22 · KJV
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
Luke 6:27 · KJV
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
Luke 14:26 · KJV
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Luke 16:13 · KJV
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Luke 19:14 · KJV
But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
Luke 21:17 · KJV
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.
John 3:20 · KJV
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
John 7:7 · KJV
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
John 12:25 · KJV
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
John 15:18 · KJV
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
John 15:19 · KJV
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
John 15:23 · KJV
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
John 15:24 · KJV
If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
John 15:25 · KJV
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
John 17:14 · KJV
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Romans 7:15 · KJV
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Ephesians 5:29 · KJV
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Titus 3:3 · KJV
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Hebrews 1:9 · KJV
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
1 John 2:9 · KJV
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
1 John 2:11 · KJV
But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
1 John 3:13 · KJV
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
1 John 3:15 · KJV
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
1 John 4:20 · KJV
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
Jude 1:23 · KJV
And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
Revelation 2:6 · KJV
But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
Revelation 17:16 · KJV
And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
Revelation 18:2 · KJV
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Common questions
What does Strong's G3404 mean?
G3404 is the Greek word μισέω (miséō), meaning to detest (especially to persecute); by extension, to love less.
How is G3404 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it hate (14 times), hated (11 times), hateth (10 times), hating (2 times), hatest (1 time), among others.
How many times does G3404 appear in the Bible?
μισέω (miséō) is tagged in 36 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G3404 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from a primary (hatred).
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