22 occurrences

'Adversary' in the Bible

But if thou shalt diligently hearken unto his voice, and do all that I shall say, then I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahBlessings, To IsraelCautionGod As EnemyEnemies

And her adversary provoked her much also, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesProvokingReasons For BarrennessTroubling IndividualsSchoolFun

But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make the man return, that he may go again to his place where thou hast appointed him, that he go not down with us to the battle, that in the battle he be not an adversary to us; for wherewith should this fellow reconcile himself to his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?

Verse ConceptsSending people homeUnnamed People Angry With Others

But now Jehovah my God has given me rest on every side: there is neither adversary nor evil event.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftRest, PhysicalTime Of PeaceRestEnemy Attacks

And Jehovah stirred up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the king's seed in Edom.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationenemies, of Israel and JudahThe Kingdom Of Others

God stirred him up yet an adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from Hadadezer king of Zobah, his lord.

And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief that Hadad did; and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahHating Individuals

for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the adversary could not compensate the king's damage.

Verse ConceptsPeople Being SilentMaking SlavesKilling Israelitesrisk

And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.

Verse ConceptsFear Of Individuals

His anger teareth and pursueth me; he gnasheth with his teeth against me; as mine adversary he sharpeneth his eyes at me.

Verse ConceptsTeethGnashing Of TeethGod Seeing All PeopleGod Angry With Individuals

Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;

Verse ConceptsPlundering

How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy contemn thy name for ever?

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceMockeryDisdainBefore God Acts

Set a wicked man over him, and let the adversary stand at his right hand;

Verse ConceptsPeople Accusing People

And they shall fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and from the rising of the sun, his glory. When the adversary shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of Jehovah will lift up a banner against him.

Verse ConceptsBreath Of Godenemies, of Israel and JudahHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityReverence, And God's NatureWestGlory Of GodEast And WestGod In The WindSurvivalOvercoming Adversity

Her adversaries have become the head, her enemies prosper; for Jehovah hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the adversary.

Verse ConceptsChastisementLamentingSorrowYoung People SufferingThe Wicked ProsperGod Troubling

In the days of her affliction and of her wanderings, since her people fell into the hand of an adversary, and none did help her, Jerusalem remembereth all her precious things which she had in the days of old: the adversaries have seen her, they mock at her ruin.

Verse ConceptsInfidelity To GodWanderersPeople RememberingHistory Of NationsNo HelpScoffers

The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her precious things; for she hath seen the nations enter into her sanctuary, concerning whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

Verse ConceptsPagansDesecrationEntering The TempleForeigners In The Holy PlacesTaking Possession

He hath bent his bow like an enemy; he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and hath slain all that was pleasant to the eye: in the tent of the daughter of Zion, he hath poured out his fury like fire.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthRight Hand Of GodArchers, Likened To GodGod KillingFire Of God's AngerPleasing MenGod As EnemyGod Killed His People

The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsEntering CitiesNot Believing PeopleNature Of Kings

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary! even round about the land! And he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be pillaged.

Bible Theasaurus

Adversary (115 instances)
Antagonist (3 instances)
Opponent (18 instances)
Opposer (1 instance)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀντίδικος 
Antidikos 
Usage: 1

ἀντίκειμαι 
Antikeimai 
Usage: 7

ὑπεναντίος 
Hupenantios 
Usage: 2