To hate
μισέωStrong’s G3404miseō
Appears in 37 verses of the New Testament
In short
Miseō is the Greek word usually translated “hating”, “hated” and “hates”. It appears in 37 verses of the New Testament.
“For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.”
Meaning
Usually translated “hating”, “hated” and “hates”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- hating 9
- hated 8
- hates 5
- will hate 2
- he will hate 2
- may hate 2
- they will hate 1
- he hates 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 9
- Luke 7
- Matthew 6
- 1 John 5
- Revelation 3
- Romans 2
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Jude 1:23In contextAnd others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
- Matthew 5:43Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
- Matthew 5:44But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
- Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- Matthew 10:22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
- Matthew 24:9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
Greek dictionary
μισέω miseō · to hate
μισέω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for שָׂנֵא ;] to hate: with accusative of person(s) Mat.5:43 24:10, Luk.1:71 6:22, 27 19:14, Jhn.7:7 15:18-19, 23-26 17:14, Tit.3:3, 1Jn.2:9 Jn 2:11 Jn 3:13 Jn 3:15 Jn 4:20 Rev.17:16; pass., Mat.10:22 24:9, Mrk.13:13, Luk.21:17; with accusative of thing(s), Jhn.3:20, Rom.7:15, Eph.5:29, Heb.1:9, Ju 23, Rev.2:6; pass., Rev.18:2. As the Heb. שָׂנֵא is sometimes found with the modified sense of indifference to or relative disregard for one thing in comparison with another (cf. Gen.29:30-31, Deu.21:15-16, Mal.1:3) so prob. μ. in the foll.: Mat.6:24, Luk.14:26 16:13, Jhn …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HATE, verb transitive
[Latin odi, for hodi.]
- To dislike greatly; to have a great aversion to.“How long will fools hate knowledge?” Proverbs 1:22“Blessed are ye when men shall hate you” Luke 6:22
- In Scripture, it signifies to love less.“If any man come to me, and hate not father and mother, etc” Luke 14:26“He that spareth the rod, hateth his son” Proverbs 13:24
All definitions and other forms of “hate”
HATE, noun
Great dislike or aversion; hatred.
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.