1375 occurrences

'Against' in the Bible

But the men of Sodom were extremely wicked and sinful against the Lord [unashamed in their open sin before Him].

against Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goiim and Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.

He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and attacked and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

“He (Ishmael) will be a wild donkey of a man;His hand will be against every man [continually fighting]And every man’s hand against him;And he will dwell in defiance of all his brothers.”

But they said, “Get out of the way!” And they said, “This man (Lot) came [as an outsider] to live here temporarily, and now he is acting like a judge. Now we will treat you worse than your visitors!” So they rushed forward and pressed violently against Lot and came close to breaking down the door [of his house].

for we are destroying this place, because the outcry [for judgment] against them has grown so great before the Lord that the Lord has sent us to destroy and ruin it.”

Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this in the integrity of your heart, for it was I who kept you back and spared you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not give you an opportunity to touch her.

When the Man saw that He had not prevailed against Jacob, He touched his hip joint; and Jacob’s hip was dislocated as he wrestled with Him.

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have ruined me, making me a stench to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites! My men are few in number, and the men of the land will band together against me and attack me; I shall be destroyed, I and my household.”

So they gave Jacob all the [idols and images of the] foreign gods they had and the rings which were in their ears [worn as charms against evil], and Jacob buried them under the oak tree near Shechem.

He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God [and your husband]?”

That food shall be put [in storage] as a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine and hunger which will occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land (people) will not be ravaged during the famine.”

Reuben answered them, “Did I not tell you, ‘Do not sin against the boy’; and you would not listen? Now the accounting for his blood is required [of us for we are guilty of his death].”

Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me [by causing the loss] of my children. Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin [from me]. All these things are [working] against me.”

Then Judah approached him, and said, “O my lord, please let your servant say a word to you in private, and do not let your anger blaze against your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh [so I speak as if directly to him].

Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, so that they will not multiply and in the event of war, join our enemies, and fight against us and escape from the land.”

Then the anger of the Lord was kindled and burned against Moses; He said, “Is there not your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know that he speaks fluently. Also, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be overjoyed.

So Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, and Moses cried out to the Lord [as he had agreed to do] concerning the frogs which God had inflicted on Pharaoh.

Since you are still [arrogantly] exalting yourself [in defiance] against My people by not letting them go,

Then Pharaoh hurried to call for Moses and Aaron, and he said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.

But not even a dog will threaten any of the Israelites, whether man or animal, so that you may know [without any doubt] and acknowledge how the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’

For I [the Lord] will pass through the land of Egypt on this night, and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal; against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments [exhibiting their worthlessness]. I am the Lord.

He made their chariot wheels hard to turn, and the chariots difficult to drive; so the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from Israel, for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”

“In the greatness of Your majesty You overthrow and annihilate those [adversaries] who rise [in rebellion] against You;You send out Your fury, and it consumes them like chaff.

The whole congregation of the Israelites [grew discontented and] murmured and rebelled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness,

and in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord, for He hears your murmurings against the Lord. What are we, that you murmur and rebel against us?”

Moses said, “This will happen when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning [enough] bread to be fully satisfied, because the Lord has heard your murmurings against Him; for what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord.”

But the people were thirsty for water; and the people murmured against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us up from Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”

saying, “The Lord has sworn [an oath]; the Lord will have war against [the people of] Amalek from generation to generation.”

Also have the priests who approach the Lord consecrate (sanctify, set apart) themselves [for My sacred purpose], or else the Lord will break forth [in judgment] against them [and destroy them].”

Then the Lord said to him, “Go down and come up again, you and Aaron with you; but do not let the priests and the people break through [the barriers] to come up to the Lord, or He will break forth [in judgment] against them [and destroy them].”

I will not drive them out before you in a single year, so that the land does not become desolate [due to lack of attention] and the [wild] animals of the field do not become too numerous for you.

They shall not live in your land, because they will make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, it is certain to be a trap for you [resulting in judgment].”

Moses took half of the blood and put it in large basins, and [the other] half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

The rings shall be close against the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table.

then you shall kill the ram and you shall take its blood and sprinkle it around the altar [of burnt offering].

Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ears of Aaron and his sons and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet, and sprinkle the [rest of the] blood around on the altar [of burnt offering].

Now therefore, let Me alone and do not interfere, so that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you (your descendants) a great nation.”

But Moses appeased and entreated the Lord his God, and said, “Lord, why does Your anger burn against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?

Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil [intent] their God brought them out to kill them in the mountains and destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn away from Your burning anger and change Your mind about harming Your people.

Then Moses said [to the Levites], “Dedicate yourselves today to the Lord—for each man has been against his own son and his own brother [in his attempt to escape execution]—so that He may restore and bestow His blessing on you this day.”

But the Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book [not you].

He shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.

He shall lay his hand on the head of his offering [transferring symbolically his guilt to the sacrifice] and kill it at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting; and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood around on the altar.

and he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and kill it before the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.

and he shall lay his hand on its head [transferring symbolically his guilt to the sacrifice], and kill it before the Tent of Meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.

“When anyone sins and acts unfaithfully against the Lord by deceiving his neighbor (companion, associate) in regard to a deposit or a security entrusted to him, or through robbery, or if he has extorted from his neighbor,

In the place where they kill the burnt offering they are to kill the guilt offering, and he shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.

‘Any man from the house of Israel, or any stranger living temporarily among you, who eats any blood, against that person I shall set My face and I will cut him off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them].

I will also set My face against that man [opposing him, withdrawing My protection from him] and will cut him off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them], because he has given some of his children to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary and profane My holy name.

then I shall set My face against that man and against his [extended] family, and I will cut off from their people both him and all who follow him in playing the prostitute (commit apostasy) with Molech.

‘As for the person who turns to mediums [who consult the dead] or to spiritists, to play the prostitute after them, I shall set My face against that person and will cut him off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them].

I will set My face against you so that you will be struck down before your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.

‘If they confess their wickedness and the wickedness of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they have committed against Me—and also in their acting with hostility toward Me—

“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘If any man’s wife goes astray (deviates) and is unfaithful to him,

and a man is intimate with her, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and it is kept secret, although she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act,

When he has made her drink the water, then it shall come about, that if she has defiled herself and has been unfaithful to her husband, the curse water will go into her and cause bitterness and cause her abdomen to swell and her thigh to waste away, and the woman will become a curse among her people.

When you go to war in your land against the enemy that attacks you, then sound an alarm with the trumpets, so that you may be remembered before the Lord your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.

While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord struck them with a very severe plague.

“With him I speak mouth to mouth [directly],Clearly and openly and not in riddles;And he beholds the form of the Lord.Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Miriam and Aaron, and He departed.

But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people [of Canaan], for they are too strong for us.”

Only do not rebel against the Lord; and do not fear the people of the land, for they will be our prey. Their protection has been removed from them, and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them.”

“How long shall I put up with this evil congregation who murmur [in discontent] against Me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites, which they are making against Me.

your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness, even all who were numbered of you, your entire number from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against Me.

I, the Lord, have spoken. I will most certainly do this to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed [by war, disease, and plagues], and here they shall die.’”

As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who returned and made all the congregation murmur and complain against him by bringing back a bad report concerning the land,

They assembled together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “You have gone far enough, for all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”

Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the Lord; but as for Aaron, who is he that you murmur against him?”

Then Korah assembled all the congregation against Moses and Aaron at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle). And the glory and brilliance of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.

As for the censers of these people who have sinned at the cost of their lives, have the censers made into hammered sheets as a plating for the altar [of burnt offering], for they were presented before the Lord and they are sacred. They shall be a [warning] sign to the sons of Israel.”

But on the next day the entire congregation of the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have caused the death of the people of the Lord.”

When the congregation was assembled against Moses and Aaron, they turned and looked at the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle), and behold, the cloud covered it and the glory and brilliance of the Lord appeared.

It shall be that the rod of the man whom I choose will bud, and I will no longer hear the constant grumblings of the Israelites, who are grumbling against you.”

But the Lord said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s rod back before the Testimony [in the ark], to be kept as a [warning] sign for the rebellious and contentious, so that you may put an end to their murmurings [of discontent] against Me, so that they do not die.”

Now there was no water for the congregation, and they gathered together against Moses and Aaron.

But [the king of] Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through my territory, or I will come out against you with the sword.”

But the king of Edom said, “You shall not pass through [my territory].” And Edom came out against Israel with many people and a strong hand.

“Aaron will be gathered to his people [in death]; for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you [both] rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.

When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negev (the South country) heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim [the route traveled by the spies sent out by Moses], he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.

So the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, nor is there any water, and we loathe this miserable food.”

So the people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord, so that He will remove the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.

But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border. Instead Sihon gathered all his people together and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz, and he fought against Israel.

For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.

Then they turned and went up by the way of Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.

‘Hear this, the people who came out of Egypt cover the surface of the land; come now, curse them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them out.’”

But God’s anger was kindled because he was going, and the Angel of the Lord took His stand in the way as an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

When the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord, she pressed herself against the wall and crushed Balaam’s foot against it, and he struck her again.

The Angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to stand against you, because your behavior was obstinate and contrary to Me.

Balaam said to the Angel of the Lord, “I have sinned, for I did not know that You were standing in the way against me. But now, if my going displeases You, I will turn back.”

“For there is no enchantment or omen against Jacob,Nor is there any divination against Israel.At the proper time it shall be said to JacobAnd to Israel, what has God done!

Then Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have done nothing but bless them these three times.

So Israel joined themselves to Baal of Peor [in worship]. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ὑποστρέφω 
Hupostrepho 
Usage: 31

מל מואל מול מוּל 
Muwl 
Usage: 35

ἀναγεννάω 
Anagennao 
Usage: 2

ἀναζάω 
Anazao 
Usage: 3

ἀνάστασις 
Anastasis 
Usage: 34

ἀνίστημι 
Anistemi 
arise , rise , rise up , rise again , raise up , stand up , raise up again ,
Usage: 86

ἀνταποκρίνομαι 
Antapokrinomai 
Usage: 2

ἀπαγγέλλω 
Apaggello 
Usage: 40

ἀποστρέφω 
Apostrepho 
Usage: 8

δεύτερος 
Deuteros 
Usage: 36

ἐγείρω 
Egeiro 
rise , raise , arise , raise up , rise up , rise again , raise again ,
Usage: 101

κατακαυχάομαι 
Katakauchaomai 
Usage: 4

στρέφω 
Strepho 
Usage: 15

אחרנּית 
'achoranniyth 
Usage: 7

אצל 
'etsel 
by , beside , by ... , near , at , with ... , from ... , against , close , to , toward , unto , with
Usage: 61

את 
'eth 
against, with, in, him, me, upon
Usage: 994

בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

גּאלּה 
G@ullah 
Usage: 14

גּם 
Gam 
also , as , even , again , and ,
Usage: 761

הד 
hed 
Usage: 1

הוּך 
Huwk (Aramaic) 
go up , came , brought again , go
Usage: 4

הוּם 
Huwm 
Usage: 6

הרה 
Harah 
Usage: 45

חלף 
Chalaph 
change , pass , renew , strike through , grow up , abolish , sprout again , alter , pass away , cut off , go on , pass on , over
Usage: 28

יסף 
Yacaph 
Usage: 208

נגד 
Neged 
Usage: 151

נכח 
Nekach 
Usage: 1

נכח 
Nokach 
against , before , directly , for , on , over
Usage: 24

עבר 
`eber 
Usage: 90

עד עוד 
`owd 
Usage: 483

על 
`al (Aramaic) 
upon , over , unto , against , concerning , in , for , unto me , about , in him ,
Usage: 102

עמּד 
`immad 
with me, by me, upon me, mine, against me
Usage: 24

עמּה 
`ummah 
Usage: 32

פּנים 
Paniym 
before , face , presence , because , sight , countenance , from , person , upon , of , ...me , against , ...him , open , for , toward ,
Usage: 2119

צד 
Tsad (Aramaic) 
Usage: 2

קבל קבל 
Q@bel (Aramaic) 
Usage: 29

קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

קראה 
Qir'ah 
Usage: 99

שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

שׁלם 
Shalam 
Usage: 116

שׁנה 
Shanah 
Usage: 22

שׁני 
Sheniy 
Usage: 156

שׁקק 
Shaqaq 
Usage: 6

תּנינוּת 
Tinyanuwth (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

ἄκων 
Akon 
against will
Usage: 1

ἀνακάμπτω 
Anakampto 
Usage: 3

ἀνάμνησις 
Anamnesis 
Usage: 1

ἀναντίῤῥητος 
Anantirrhetos 
can not be spoken against
Usage: 1

ἀναπέμπω 
Anapempo 
Usage: 4

ἀνοικοδομέω 
Anoikodomeo 
Usage: 2

ἀνταγωνίζομαι 
Antagonizomai 
Usage: 1

ἀνταποδίδωμι 
Antapodidomi 
Usage: 5

ἀντέπω 
Antepo 
Usage: 1

ἀντικαλέω 
Antikaleo 
Usage: 0

ἀντικρύ 
Antikru 
Usage: 1

ἀντίλεγω 
Antilego 
Usage: 10

ἀντιλοιδορέω 
Antiloidoreo 
Usage: 1

ἀντιμετρέω 
Antimetreo 
Usage: 0

ἀντιπέραν 
Antiperan 
Usage: 1

ἀντιστρατεύομαι 
Antistrateuomai 
Usage: 1

ἄνωθεν 
Anothen 
from above , top , again , from the first , from the beginning , not tr
Usage: 10

ἀπαιτέω 
Apaiteo 
Usage: 0

ἀπελπίζω 
Apelpizo 
Usage: 0

ἀπέναντι 
Apenanti 
over against , before , in the presence of , contrary
Usage: 5

ἀποκαθίστημι 
Apokathistemi 
Usage: 6

ἀπολαμβάνω 
Apolambano 
Usage: 7

ἀφρός 
Aphros 
Usage: 1

δίς 
Dis 
Usage: 4

ἔγκλημα 
Egklema 
Usage: 2

εἰς 
Eis 
into , to , unto , for , in , on , toward , against ,
Usage: 1267

ἐμβριμάομαι 
Embrimaomai 
Usage: 5

ἐμμαίνομαι 
Emmainomai 
Usage: 1

ἔμπροσθεν 
Emprosthen 
before , in sight , of , against , in the sight of , in the presence of , at
Usage: 27

ἐναντίος 
Enantios 
Usage: 8

ἐπανέρχομαι 
Epanerchomai 
Usage: 0

ἐπανίσταμαι 
Epanistamai 
Usage: 0

ἐπιστρέφω 
Epistrepho 
Usage: 29

ἐπιφέρω 
Epiphero 
Usage: 5

ἐπιφωνέω 
Epiphoneo 
Usage: 3

θεομαχέω 
theomacheo 
Usage: 1

κατά 
Kata 
according to , after , against , in , by , daily , as ,
Usage: 428

καταλαλέω 
Katalaleo 
Usage: 5

καταμαρτυρέω 
Katamartureo 
Usage: 4

καταστρηνιάω 
Katastreniao 
Usage: 1

κατέναντι 
Katenanti 
Usage: 3

κατεφίστημι 
Katephistemi 
Usage: 1

κατισχύω 
Katischuo 
Usage: 1

μετά 
meta 
with , after , among , hereafter , afterward , against , not tr ,
Usage: 346

πάλιν 
Palin 
Usage: 120

πέμπω 
Pempo 
Usage: 39

πρός 
Pros 
unto , to , with , for , against , among , at , not tr , , vr to
Usage: 412

προσρήγνυμι 
Prosregnumi 
Usage: 0

προστίθημι 
Prostithemi 
Usage: 11

συνελαύνω 
sunelauno 
Usage: 1

φλυαρέω 
Phluareo 
Usage: 1