ἔχθραéchthra
enmity: Luke 23:12, Romans 8:7, Galatians 5:20, Ephesians 2:15, Ephesians 2:16, James 4:4.
Greek (New Testament) · G2189
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Luke 23:12 (Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies before, became friends that day.)
- Romans 8:7 For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.
- Galatians 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division,
- Ephesians 2:16 Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.
- James 4:4 You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.