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ἔχθρα

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἔχθρα, ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
echthra
Simplified transliteration: 
echthra
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2189
GK Number: 
2397
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
6
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1a
Gloss: 
hostility, hatred, antagonism
Definition: 
enmity, discord, feud, Lk. 23:12; Gal. 5:20; alienation, Eph. 2:14, 16; a principle or state of enmity, Rom. 8:7; Jas. 4:4*

Greek-English Concordance for ἔχθρα

Luke 23:12 And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been hostile toward one other.
Romans 8:7 because the mind set on the flesh is hostile (echthra | ἔχθρα | nom sg fem) to God; it does not submit to the law of God; in fact, it cannot.
Galatians 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, quarrels (echthrai | ἔχθραι | nom pl fem), strife, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish rivalries, dissensions, divisions,
Ephesians 2:14 For he is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down the dividing wall, having abolished in his flesh the hostility (echthran | ἔχθραν | acc sg fem),
Ephesians 2:16 and to reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, having put the hostility (echthran | ἔχθραν | acc sg fem) to death in himself.
James 4:4 You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility (echthra | ἔχθρα | nom sg fem) toward God? Therefore whoever desires to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.