אָיַב

ayav · be an enemy

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H340 · appears 1 time in the Bible

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What it means

ayav (אָיַב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be an enemy”.

To someone.

How to say it

a·yav

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To set oneself against someone and fight them.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Exodus 23:22

    But if you indeed listen to his voice and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.