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ἔσχατος ἐχθρός

Farthest, final (of place or time) · enemy

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ἔσχατος G2078 farthest, final (of place or time)
Pronunciation éschatos
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ἐχθρός G2190 enemy
Pronunciation echthrós
Denotes personal hostility or enmity, not merely opposition; often used of Satan as humanity's spiritual adversary.
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What does ἔσχατος ἐχθρός (eschatos echthros) mean in the Bible?

ἔσχατος · ἐχθρός is a Greek word meaning "last enemy".

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Meaning

last enemy
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 19:30 · Matt 20:12 · Matt 20:16 · Mark 10:31 · Luke 13:30 9×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Mark 9:35 · 1 Cor 15:26 · 1 Cor 15:45 · Rev 1:17 · Rev 2:8 · Rev 22:13 6×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 12:45 · Luke 11:26 · 2 Pet 2:20 3×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 27:64 · 1 John 2:18 3×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Acts 1:8 · Acts 13:47 · Heb 1:2 3×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine 1 Pet 1:20 · Jude 1:18 2×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine 2 Pet 3:3 · Rev 21:9 2×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 20:8 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine John 6:39 · John 6:40 · John 6:44 · John 6:54 · John 7:37 · John 11:24 · John 12:48 · 1 Cor 15:52 8×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Acts 2:17 · 2 Tim 3:1 · Jas 5:3 3×
52 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 15 — Christ Is Risen, the Dead Will Be Raised, and Death Will Be Destroyed Acts 13 — The Spirit Sends the Mission and the Word Turns to the Gentiles John 12 — The Anointed King, the Lifted-Up Son of Man, and the Hour of Glory John 6 — The Bread of Life, the Words of Eternal Life, and the Crisis of True Discipleship Luke 13 — Repentance, Kingdom Reversal, and the Urgent Narrow Door Luke 6 — The Lord of the Sabbath Forms a Kingdom People Mark 12 — The Rejected Son, the Greatest Commandment, the Lord of David, and the Widow’s Offering Mark 9 — Glory, Unbelief, Suffering, Humility, and Radical Discipleship Matthew 10 — The Mission of the Twelve, Costly Witness, and Allegiance to Christ Matthew 13 — The Kingdom in Parables: Hearing, Hiddenness, Growth, Worth, and Judgment Matthew 19 — Marriage from Creation, Children Received, Riches Renounced, and the Reward of Following Christ Matthew 20 — The First-Last Kingdom, the Ransom-Giving Son of Man, and Mercy for the Blind Matthew 22 — The Wedding Banquet, the King’s Invitation, and the Messiah Who Is David’s Lord Matthew 5 — Kingdom Blessedness, Fulfilled Law, and Heart-Level Righteousness Philippians 3 — Counting All Things Loss and Pressing On Toward Christ Romans 11 — The Remnant, the Grafted Gentiles, and the Mercy of God Toward Israel Romans 12 — Living Sacrifices, Renewed Minds, Humble Service, and Love Without Hypocrisy Romans 5 — Peace with God, Rejoicing in Grace, and Life Through the One Man Jesus Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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