Strong’s G2190 · Greek

ἐχθρός
echthrós

Definition

hateful (passively, odious, or actively, hostile); usually as a noun, an adversary (especially Satan)

Etymology

from a primary (to hate);

How the KJV renders it

  • enemy
  • foe

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.