Hebrew word study

שָׂנֵאsânêʼ to hate (personally)

Pronounced “saw-nay'

to hate (personally)

Translated in the King James as: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, utterly.

Appears 146 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis 7×
Genesis 24:60Genesis 26:27Genesis 29:31Genesis 29:33Genesis 37:4Genesis 37:5Genesis 37:8
Exodus 4×
Exodus 1:10Exodus 18:21Exodus 20:5Exodus 23:5
Leviticus 2×
Leviticus 19:17Leviticus 26:17
Numbers 1×
Numbers 10:35
Deuteronomy 20×
Deuteronomy 4:42Deuteronomy 5:9Deuteronomy 7:10Deuteronomy 7:15Deuteronomy 12:31Deuteronomy 16:22Deuteronomy 19:4Deuteronomy 19:6Deuteronomy 19:11Deuteronomy 21:15Deuteronomy 21:16Deuteronomy 21:17Deuteronomy 22:13Deuteronomy 22:16Deuteronomy 24:3Deuteronomy 30:7Deuteronomy 32:41Deuteronomy 33:11+ 2 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua 1×
Joshua 20:5
Judges 4×
Judges 11:7Judges 14:16Judges 15:2+ 1 more in Judges
2 Samuel 8×
2 Sam 5:82 Sam 13:152 Sam 13:222 Sam 19:62 Sam 22:182 Sam 22:41+ 2 more in 2 Samuel
1 Kings 1×
1 Ki 22:8
2 Chronicles 3×
2 Chr 1:112 Chr 18:72 Chr 19:2
Esther 3×
Esther 9:1Esther 9:5Esther 9:16
Job 3×
Job 8:22Job 31:29Job 34:17
Psalms 41×
Psalms 5:5Psalms 9:13Psalms 11:5Psalms 18:17Psalms 18:40Psalms 21:8Psalms 25:19Psalms 26:5Psalms 31:6Psalms 34:21Psalms 35:19Psalms 36:2Psalms 38:19Psalms 41:7Psalms 44:7Psalms 44:10Psalms 45:7Psalms 50:17Psalms 55:12Psalms 68:1Psalms 69:4Psalms 69:14Psalms 81:15Psalms 83:2Psalms 86:17+ 16 more in Psalms
Proverbs 26×
Proverbs 1:22Proverbs 1:29Proverbs 5:12Proverbs 6:16Proverbs 8:13Proverbs 8:36Proverbs 9:8Proverbs 11:15Proverbs 12:1Proverbs 13:5Proverbs 13:24Proverbs 14:17Proverbs 14:20Proverbs 15:10Proverbs 15:27Proverbs 19:7Proverbs 25:17Proverbs 25:21Proverbs 26:24Proverbs 26:28Proverbs 27:6Proverbs 28:16Proverbs 29:10Proverbs 29:24Proverbs 30:23+ 1 more in Proverbs
Ecclesiastes 3×
Eccles 2:17Eccles 2:18Eccles 3:8
Isaiah 4×
Isaiah 1:14Isaiah 60:15Isaiah 61:8Isaiah 66:5
Jeremiah 2×
Jeremiah 12:8Jeremiah 44:4
Ezekiel 4×
Ezekiel 16:27Ezekiel 16:37Ezekiel 23:28Ezekiel 35:6
Hosea 1×
Hosea 9:15
Amos 4×
Amos 5:10Amos 5:15Amos 5:21Amos 6:8
Micah 1×
Micah 3:2
Zechariah 1×
Zech 8:17
Malachi 2×
Malachi 1:3Malachi 2:16

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