What does ἐχθρός · δικαιοσύνη mean in the Bible?
ἐχθρός · δικαιοσύνη is a Greek phrase meaning "Enemy of all righteousness".
Greek · G2190, G1343
ἐχθρὲ πάσης δικαιοσύνης
Enemy · equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification
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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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δικαιοσύνη G1343 equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification
Pronunciation dikaiosýnē
Righteousness as God's character and covenant faithfulness, not merely human moral conformity to law
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What does ἐχθρὲ πάσης δικαιοσύνης (echthre pasēs dikaiosynēs) mean in the Bible?
ἐχθρός · δικαιοσύνη is a Greek phrase meaning "Enemy of all righteousness".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2190, G1343?
G2190, G1343 is connected to 32 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Enemy of all righteousness
Source Gloss
Enemy of all righteousness
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 7 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 7 Aligned forms 32 Case pattern Accusative (15) Number pattern Plural (21)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 13:25 · Matt 13:28 · Matt 13:39 · Rom 12:20 · 1 Cor 15:26 · Gal 4:16 · Jas 4:4 7×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 10:36 · Luke 19:43 · Rom 5:10 · Rom 11:28 · Heb 10:13 · Rev 11:12 6×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Luke 1:71 · Luke 1:74 2×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 10:19 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 5:44 · Matt 22:44 · Mark 12:36 · Luke 6:27 · Luke 6:35 · Luke 19:27 · Luke 20:43 · Acts 2:35 · 1 Cor 15:25 · Phil 3:18 · Col 1:21 · Heb 1:13 · Rev 11:5 13×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:43 · 2 Thess 3:15 2×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Acts 13:10 1×
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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain