Enemy
שׁוּרStrong’s H7790shur
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Shur is the Hebrew word usually translated “on enemies my”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.”
Meaning
- Watcher, enemy(BDB) meaning uncertain
How it's translated
- on enemies my 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
שׁוּר shur · enemy
1) watcher, enemy 1a) (BDB) meaning uncertain
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “enemy” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EN'EMY, noun
[Latin inimicus.]
- A foe; an adversary.“I way to you, love your enemies” Matthew 5:44
- One who hates or dislikes; as an enemy to truth or falsehood.
- In theology, and by way of eminence, the enemy is the Devil; the archfiend.
- In military affairs, the opposing army or naval force in war, is called the enemy
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.