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échthra

hostility, enmity

Say it: EKH-thrah (approximate)

ἔχθρα

What it means

Hostility. "Having abolished in his flesh the hostility" (2:14), "having killed the hostility" (2:16).

Range of meaning

  • EnmityHostility.
  • HatredActive ill will.

In Ephesians

  • Chapter 2

    "Having abolished the hostility" (2:14, 2:16).

Every verse (1)

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