Echthra means “enmity” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2189 — zaavah (“trouble”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2189 ἔχθρᾳ is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. echthra (ekh'-thrah) n. 1. hostility 2. (by implication) a reason for opposition It has 19 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include enmity and hatred. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
echthra (ekh'-thrah) n. 1. hostility 2. (by implication) a reason for opposition [feminine of G2190] KJV: enmity, hatred Root(s): G2190
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2189. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
hostility
Usage: ἔχθρα, -ας, ἡ (ἐχθρός), [in LXX for אֵיבָה, שִׂנְאָה, etc. ;] enmity: Luk.23:12, Rom.8:7, Gal.5:20, Eph.2:15-16, Jas.4:4.† ἀηδία, -ας, ἡ (ἀ- neg., ἦδος, pleasure), [in LXX: Pro.23:29 (שִׂיחַ)* ;] __1. of things or persons, unpleasantness, odiousness (Hipp., Dem., al.) __2. dislike (Plat.). disagreement (MM, VGT, see word): Luk.23:12 D.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Strong's G2189, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2189 (ἔχθρᾳ) appears 13 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
11 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed, he shall watch against thy head, and thou shalt watch against his heel.
And if he should thrust him through enmity, or cast anything upon him from an ambuscade, and the man should die,
But if he should thrust him suddenly, not through enmity, or cast anything upon him, not from an ambuscade,
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Doubtless I will avenge my nation, and the sanctuary, and our wives, and our children: for all the heathen are gathered to destroy us of very malice.
Hereupon Simon, albeit he perceived that they spoke deceitfully unto him, yet sent he the money and the children, lest peradventure he should procure to himself great hatred of the people:
First 19 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2189.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed, he shall watch against thy head, and thou shalt watch against his heel.
And if he should thrust him through enmity, or cast anything upon him from an ambuscade, and the man should die,
But if he should thrust him suddenly, not through enmity, or cast anything upon him, not from an ambuscade,
But they disobeyed, and provoked his Holy Spirit: so he turned to be an enemy, he himself contended against them.
Their tongue is a wounding arrow; the words of their mouth are deceitful: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor, but in himself retains enmity.
Because thou hast been a perpetual enemy, and hast laid wait craftily for the house of Israel, with the hand of enemies with a sword, in the time of injustice, at the last:
therefore, as I live, saith the Lord, I will even deal with thee according to thine enmity, and I will be made known to thee when I shall judge thee:
Even beforetime my people withstood him as an enemy against his peace; they have stripped off his skin to remove hope in the conflict of war.
Rejoice not against me, mine enemy; for I have fallen yet shall arise; for though I should sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me.
And she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shall clothe herself with shame, who says, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall look upon her: now shall she be for trampling as mire in the ways.
And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Doubtless I will avenge my nation, and the sanctuary, and our wives, and our children: for all the heathen are gathered to destroy us of very malice.
Hereupon Simon, albeit he perceived that they spoke deceitfully unto him, yet sent he the money and the children, lest peradventure he should procure to himself great hatred of the people:
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2189, grouped by book.
Echthra (Strong's G2189) is a Greek word most simply glossed "enmity". echthra (ekh'-thrah) n. 1. hostility 2. (by implication) a reason for opposition
This page currently indexes 19 linked usages for Strong's G2189 across 13 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2189 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as enmity and hatred. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 11 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2189, with linked reader references where each row is available.