אֹיֵב ʼôyêb

Hebrew · Strong's H341 · pronounced o-yabe' · used 283 times in 276 verses

Meaning

hating; an adversary

In the King James Version: enemy, foe.

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

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Where it is used

Psalms 56:9 Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
Psalms 59:1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.
Psalms 61:3 For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.
Psalms 64:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
Psalms 66:3 Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
Psalms 68:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song. God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence.
Psalms 68:21 Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.
Psalms 68:23 that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes—the tongues of your dogs in the same.”
Psalms 69:4 Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
Psalms 69:18 Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
Psalms 71:10 For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
Psalms 72:9 May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.
Psalms 74:3 Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
Psalms 74:10 How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
Psalms 74:18 Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
Psalms 78:53 He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.
Psalms 80:6 You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
Psalms 81:14 how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
Psalms 83:2 See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
Psalms 89:10 You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
Psalms 89:22 No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
Psalms 89:42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
Psalms 89:51 how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
Psalms 92:9 For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
Psalms 102:8 All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.
Psalms 106:10 He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Psalms 106:42 Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand.
Psalms 110:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
Psalms 110:2 The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
Psalms 119:98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
Psalms 127:5 Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.
Psalms 132:18 I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”
Psalms 138:7 If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
Psalms 139:22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
Psalms 143:3 For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
Psalms 143:9 Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge.
Psalms 143:12 And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
Proverbs 16:7 When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
Proverbs 24:17 Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
Isaiah 1:24 Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.
Isaiah 9:11 The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.
Isaiah 42:13 The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
Isaiah 59:18 So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
Isaiah 62:8 The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.
Isaiah 63:10 But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
Isaiah 66:6 Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve!
Isaiah 66:14 When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.
Jeremiah 6:25 Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
Jeremiah 12:7 I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies.
Jeremiah 15:9 The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 15:11 The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.
Jeremiah 15:14 Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”
Jeremiah 17:4 And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”
Jeremiah 18:17 I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”
Jeremiah 19:7 And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
Jeremiah 19:9 I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’
Jeremiah 20:4 For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword.
Jeremiah 20:5 I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.
Jeremiah 21:7 ‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’
Jeremiah 30:14 All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.