Word study · Greek

échthra

hostility, enmity

Say it: EKH-thrah (approximate)

ἔχθρα

What it means

Hatred, enmity, being on opposite sides. In 5:20 it is a work of the flesh. In Ephesians 2:14-16, Christ destroys the "enmity" between Jew and Gentile.

Range of meaning

  • EnmityHostility.
  • HatredActive ill will.

In Galatians

Every verse (1)

Verses where G2189 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources