Hebrew word study

אֹיֵבʼôyêb hating

Pronounced “o-yabe'

hating; an adversary

Translated in the King James as: enemy, foe.

Appears 280 times in Scripture

Origin: or (fully) אוֹיֵב; active participle of H340 (אָיַב);

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Where it appears

Genesis 2×
Genesis 22:17Genesis 49:8
Exodus 5×
Exodus 15:6Exodus 15:9Exodus 23:4Exodus 23:22Exodus 23:27
Leviticus 13×
Leviticus 26:7Leviticus 26:8Leviticus 26:16Leviticus 26:17Leviticus 26:25Leviticus 26:32Leviticus 26:34Leviticus 26:36Leviticus 26:37Leviticus 26:38Leviticus 26:39Leviticus 26:41Leviticus 26:44
Numbers 8×
Numbers 10:9Numbers 10:35Numbers 14:42Numbers 23:11Numbers 24:10Numbers 24:18Numbers 32:21Numbers 35:23
Deuteronomy 25×
Deuteronomy 1:42Deuteronomy 6:19Deuteronomy 12:10Deuteronomy 20:1Deuteronomy 20:3Deuteronomy 20:4Deuteronomy 20:14Deuteronomy 21:10Deuteronomy 23:9Deuteronomy 23:14Deuteronomy 25:19Deuteronomy 28:7Deuteronomy 28:25Deuteronomy 28:31Deuteronomy 28:48Deuteronomy 28:53Deuteronomy 28:55Deuteronomy 28:57Deuteronomy 28:68Deuteronomy 30:7Deuteronomy 32:27Deuteronomy 32:31Deuteronomy 32:42Deuteronomy 33:27Deuteronomy 33:29
Joshua 11×
Joshua 7:8Joshua 7:12Joshua 7:13Joshua 10:13Joshua 10:19Joshua 10:25Joshua 21:44Joshua 22:8Joshua 23:1+ 2 more in Joshua
Judges 8×
Judges 2:14Judges 2:18Judges 3:28Judges 5:31Judges 8:34Judges 11:36Judges 16:23Judges 16:24
1 Samuel 19×
1 Sam 2:11 Sam 4:31 Sam 12:101 Sam 12:111 Sam 14:241 Sam 14:301 Sam 14:471 Sam 18:251 Sam 18:291 Sam 19:171 Sam 20:151 Sam 20:161 Sam 24:41 Sam 24:191 Sam 25:261 Sam 25:291 Sam 26:81 Sam 29:81 Sam 30:26
2 Samuel 16×
2 Sam 3:182 Sam 4:82 Sam 5:202 Sam 7:12 Sam 7:92 Sam 7:112 Sam 12:142 Sam 18:192 Sam 18:322 Sam 19:92 Sam 22:12 Sam 22:42 Sam 22:182 Sam 22:382 Sam 22:412 Sam 22:49
1 Kings 8×
1 Ki 3:111 Ki 8:331 Ki 8:371 Ki 8:441 Ki 8:461 Ki 8:481 Ki 21:20+ 1 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings 3×
2 Ki 17:392 Ki 21:14+ 1 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles 5×
1 Chr 14:111 Chr 17:81 Chr 17:101 Chr 21:121 Chr 22:9
2 Chronicles 8×
2 Chr 6:242 Chr 6:282 Chr 6:342 Chr 6:362 Chr 20:272 Chr 20:292 Chr 25:82 Chr 26:13
Ezra 2×
Ezra 8:22Ezra 8:31
Nehemiah 5×
Nehemiah 4:15Nehemiah 5:9Nehemiah 6:1Nehemiah 6:16Nehemiah 9:28
Esther 6×
Esther 7:6Esther 8:13Esther 9:1Esther 9:5Esther 9:16Esther 9:22
Job 3×
Job 13:24Job 27:7Job 33:10
Psalms 74×
Psalms 3:7Psalms 6:10Psalms 7:5Psalms 8:2Psalms 9:3Psalms 9:6Psalms 13:2Psalms 13:4Psalms 17:9Psalms 18:1Psalms 18:3Psalms 18:17Psalms 18:37Psalms 18:40Psalms 18:48Psalms 21:8Psalms 25:2Psalms 25:19Psalms 27:2Psalms 27:6Psalms 30:1Psalms 31:8Psalms 31:15Psalms 35:19Psalms 37:20+ 49 more in Psalms
Proverbs 2×
Proverbs 16:7Proverbs 24:17
Isaiah 8×
Isaiah 1:24Isaiah 9:11Isaiah 42:13Isaiah 59:18Isaiah 62:8Isaiah 63:10Isaiah 66:6Isaiah 66:14
Jeremiah 19×
Jeremiah 6:25Jeremiah 12:7Jeremiah 15:9Jeremiah 15:11Jeremiah 15:14Jeremiah 17:4Jeremiah 18:17Jeremiah 19:7Jeremiah 19:9Jeremiah 20:4Jeremiah 20:5Jeremiah 21:7Jeremiah 30:14Jeremiah 31:16Jeremiah 34:20Jeremiah 34:21Jeremiah 44:30Jeremiah 49:37+ 1 more in Jeremiah
Lamentations 15×
Lam 1:2Lam 1:5Lam 1:9Lam 1:16Lam 1:21Lam 2:3Lam 2:4Lam 2:5Lam 2:7Lam 2:16Lam 2:17Lam 2:22Lam 3:46Lam 3:52Lam 4:12
Ezekiel 2×
Ezekiel 36:2Ezekiel 39:27
Hosea 1×
Hosea 8:3
Amos 1×
Amos 9:4
Micah 6×
Micah 2:8Micah 4:10Micah 5:9Micah 7:6Micah 7:8Micah 7:10
Nahum 4×
Nahum 1:2Nahum 1:8Nahum 3:11Nahum 3:13
Zephaniah 1×
Zeph 3:15

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