Strong’s H340 · Hebrew
אָיַב
ʼâyab
aw-yab'
Definition
to hate (as one of an opposite tribe or party); hence to be hostile
Etymology
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
- be an enemy
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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.