Forms of the word
Greek transliteration
echthra
Simplified transliteration
echthra
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. |