Hostility
ἔχθραStrong’s G2189echthra
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Echthra is the Greek word usually translated “hostility”, “enmity” and “enmities”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.”
Meaning
Usually translated “hostility”, “enmity” and “enmities”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- hostility 3
- enmity 1
- enmities 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
- Romans 1
- Galatians 1
- Ephesians 1
- James 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 8:7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
- Galatians 5:20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
- Ephesians 2:16And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
- James 4:4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Greek dictionary
ἔχθρα echthra · hostility
ἔχθρα, -ας, ἡ (ἐχθρός), [in LXX for אֵיבָה, שִׂנְאָה, etc. ;] enmity: Luk.23:12, Rom.8:7, Gal.5:20, Eph.2:15-16, Jas.4:4.† ἀηδία, -ας, ἡ (ἀ- neg., ἦδος, pleasure), [in LXX: Pro.23:29 (שִׂיחַ)* ;] 1. of things or persons, unpleasantness, odiousness (Hipp., Dem., al.) 2. dislike (Plat.). disagreement (MM, VGT, see word): Luk.23:12 D.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hostility” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HOSTIL'ITY, noun
[Latin hostilitas, from hostis, an enemy.]
- The state of war between nations or states; the actions of an open enemy; aggression; attacks of an enemy.
- Private enmity; a sense less proper.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.