ʼâyab — H340

Definition

verb

to hate (as one of an opposite tribe or party); hence to be hostile

1. to be hostile to, to be an enemy to
1. (Qal)
1. to be hostile to
2. to treat as an enemy

Usually translated as

be an enemy

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• antíkeimai (G480)
• diṓkō (G1377)
• échthra (G2189)
• echthrós (G2190)
• thlíbō (G2346)
• hypenantíos (G5227)

Occurrences

ʼâyab occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1)

• Exodus 23:22 — But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy (וְאָֽיַבְתִּי֙) unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.