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אֹיֵב H341

H341 is the Hebrew word אֹיֵב, transliterated ʼôyêb and said o-yabe'. The King James Version most often renders it enemies.

Word: אֹיֵבTransliteration: ʼôyêbSaid: o-yabe'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 239 verses

What it means

hating; an adversary.

Where it comes from

or (fully) אוֹיֵב; active participle of H340 (אָיַב).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 211 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

enemies 81×enemy 40×thine enemies 35×mine enemies 30×mine enemy 5×thine enemy 5×against thine enemies 3×wherewith thine enemies 3×lo thine enemies 3×enemies' 2×against the enemies 2×against the enemy 2×

Strong's own list of renderings: enemy, foe.

Verses using אֹיֵב

The first 40 of 239 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 49:8 · KJV

Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.

Exodus 15:9 · KJV

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

Exodus 23:4 · KJV

If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

Exodus 23:22 · KJV

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.

Exodus 23:27 · KJV

I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

Leviticus 26:7 · KJV

And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

Leviticus 26:8 · KJV

And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

Leviticus 26:16 · KJV

I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Leviticus 26:17 · KJV

And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

Leviticus 26:32 · KJV

And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

Leviticus 26:34 · KJV

Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

Leviticus 26:36 · KJV

And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

Leviticus 26:38 · KJV

And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

Leviticus 26:39 · KJV

And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

Leviticus 26:41 · KJV

And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:

Leviticus 26:44 · KJV

And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.

Numbers 10:35 · KJV

And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.

Numbers 23:11 · KJV

And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

Numbers 24:10 · KJV

And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.

Numbers 24:18 · KJV

And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.

Numbers 32:21 · KJV

And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,

Numbers 35:23 · KJV

Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

Deuteronomy 6:19 · KJV

To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.

Deuteronomy 12:10 · KJV

But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

Deuteronomy 20:1 · KJV

When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 20:3 · KJV

And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

Deuteronomy 20:4 · KJV

For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

Deuteronomy 20:14 · KJV

But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

Deuteronomy 21:10 · KJV

When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

Deuteronomy 23:9 · KJV

When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.

Deuteronomy 23:14 · KJV

For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

Deuteronomy 25:19 · KJV

Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

Deuteronomy 28:7 · KJV

The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

Deuteronomy 28:25 · KJV

The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:31 · KJV

Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

Deuteronomy 28:48 · KJV

Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

Deuteronomy 28:53 · KJV

And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:

Deuteronomy 28:55 · KJV

So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

Deuteronomy 28:57 · KJV

And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

Deuteronomy 28:68 · KJV

And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

Common questions

What does Strong's H341 mean?

H341 is the Hebrew word אֹיֵב (ʼôyêb), meaning hating; an adversary.

How is H341 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it enemies (81 times), enemy (40 times), thine enemies (35 times), mine enemies (30 times), mine enemy (5 times), among others.

How many times does H341 appear in the Bible?

אֹיֵב (ʼôyêb) is tagged in 239 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H341 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or (fully) אוֹיֵב; active participle of H340 (אָיַב).

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