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;
Read it in context & ask Abram about this wordWhere it appears
Genesis — 7×
Leviticus — 2×
Numbers — 1×
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×
Judges — 4×
2 Samuel — 8×
1 Kings — 1×
2 Chronicles — 3×
Esther — 3×
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×
Jeremiah — 2×
Hosea — 1×
Micah — 1×
Zechariah — 1×
Malachi — 2×
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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.