Lexical Definition

‎אָיַב‎ ʼâyab (aw-yab') be hostile ^H:V
a primitive root

be an enemy.

• to hate (as one of an opposite tribe or party)
• hence to be hostile

1) to be hostile to, to be an enemy to
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be hostile to
1a2) to treat as an enemy

See Greek: ἀντίκειμαι · διώκω · ἔχθρα · ἐχθρός · θλίβω · ὑπεναντίος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎אָיַב‎]²⁸³ verb be hostile to (Assyrian aibu (see Dl^w), enemy = ‎אֹיֵב‎) —

Qal Perfect ‎וְאָיַבְתִּ֫י‎ Exod 23:22 Participle ‎אוֺיֵב‎ (‎אֹיֵב‎) Exod 15:6 +; suffix ‎(אוֺיְבִי)אֹיְבִי‎) 2Sam 22:18 = Ps 18:18* +; feminine suffix ‎אֹיַבְתִּי‎ Mic 7:8; Mic 7:10 ‎אֹיִבְךָ‎ Exod 23:4 +, etc.; plural ‎אֹויְבִים‎ Ps 68:24*; Ps 127:5 ‎אֹיְבִים‎ Ps 139:22, etc.; — be hostile to, treat as enemy Exod 23:22 (E, Cov't code) ‎וְאָיַבְתִּ֫י אֶתאֹֿיְבֶיךָ וְצַרְתִּ֫י אֶתצֹֿרְרֶיךָ‎ (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎); elsewhere Participle 1Sam 18:29 ‎וַיְהִי שָׁאוּל אֹיֵב אֶתדָּֿוִד‎; usually as substantive & mostly suffix; enemy, of personal foe Exod 23:4 (E || ‎שׂנֵא‎ vExod 23:5) Num 35:23 (P) 1Sam 19:17 (compare 1Sam 18:29) 1Sam 24:5*; 1Sam 24:20*; 2Sam 4:8; 1Kgs 21:20; Job 27:7; Ps 54:9*; Ps 55:13* (|| ‎מְשַׂנֵּא‎; opposed to ‎אַלּוּף‎, ‎מְיֻדָּע‎ vPs 55:14*) Mic 2:8; Prov 16:7; Prov 24:17 +; in simile Jer 30:14 (‎מַכַּת אוֺיֵב‎); of public national enemy, singular Judg 16:23; Judg 16:24 collective Exod 15:6; Exod 15:9; Deut 33:27; Nah 3:11; 2Chr 6:24 +; personified Mic 7:8; Mic 7:10 more often plural Exod 23:22 (E) Lev 26:7 f (H) Num 10:9 (P) Deut 1:42; Deut 6:19; Jer 15:9; Jer 34:20; Jer 34:21 +; of enemies of God, as protector of his people Num 10:35 (J) Judg 5:31; 1Sam 30:26; 2Sam 18:19; Ps 66:3; Ps 68:1*; Ps 68:22*; Nah 1:2; Nah 1:8; Isa 66:6 +; as morally supreme Job 13:24; Job 33:10; Ps 37:20; Ps 92:10* (twice in verse) +; of God as enemy of rebellious people Isa 63:10, in simile Lam 2:4; Lam 2:5.

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