אֵיבָהʼêybâh

enmity (Genesis 3:15; Ezekiel 25:15; Ezekiel 35:5; Numbers 35:21; Numbers 35:22)

Pronunciation: ay-baw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H342

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 3:15 And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”
  • Numbers 35:21 Or if someone hates another person and hits him with a fist and he dies, it is murder. In such cases, the avenger must put the murderer to death when they meet.
  • Numbers 35:22 “But suppose someone pushes another person without having shown previous hostility, or throws something that unintentionally hits another person,
  • Ezekiel 25:15 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Philistia have acted against Judah out of bitter revenge and long-standing contempt.
  • Ezekiel 35:5 “Your eternal hatred for the people of Israel led you to butcher them when they were helpless, when I had already punished them for all their sins.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).