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believe the phrase sometimes is used of the “very end of time”: “Now I am come to make
thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for
many days” (Dan. 10:14). This point, however, is much debated.
B. Adverb.
(
!
, 657), “howbeit; notwithstanding; however; without cause.” This word’s
first occurrence is in Num. 13:28: "
: 2
the people be strong that dwell in the
land.…”
ENEMY
(
, 341), “enemy.”
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has an Ugaritic cognate. It appears about 282
times in biblical Hebrew and in all periods. In form, the word is an active infinitive (or
more precisely, a verbal noun).
This word means “enemy,” and is used in at least one reference to both individuals
and nations: “… In blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed
as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall
possess the gate of his enemies” (Gen. 22:17—the first occurrence). “Personal foes” may
be represented by this word: “If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou
shalt surely bring it back to him again” (Exod. 23:4). This idea includes “those who show
hostility toward me”: “But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong; and they that
hate me wrongfully are multiplied” (Ps. 38:19).
One might be an “enemy” of God: “… The Lord will take vengeance on his
adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies” (Nah. 1:2). God is the “enemy” of all
who refuse to submit to His lordship: “But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit:
therefore he was turned to be their enemy …” (Isa. 63:10).
(
, 6862), “adversary; enemy; foe.” This noun occurs 70 times in the Hebrew
Old Testament, mainly in the Psalms (26 times) and Lamentations (9 times). The first use
of the noun is in Gen. 14:20: “And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered
thine enemies into thy hand.”
is a general designation for “enemy.” The “enemy” may be a nation (2 Sam.
24:13) or, more rarely, the “opponent” of an individual (cf. Gen. 14:20; Ps. 3:1). The
Lord may also be the “enemy” of His sinful people as His judgment comes upon them
(cf. Deut. 32:41-43). Hence, the Book of Lamentations describes God as an “adversary”
of His people: “He hath bent his bow like an enemy [
]: he stood with his right hand
as an adversary [
], and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the
daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire” (Lam. 2:4).
The word
has several synonyms:
, “enemy” (cf. Lam. 2:5);
, “hater”
(Ps. 44:7);
, “persecutor” (Ps. 119:157);
, “tyrant; oppressor” (Job 6:23).
In the Septuagint,
is generally translated by
(“enemy”). The
KJV
gives
these translations: “enemy; adversary; foe.”
EPHOD