81 occurrences

'Against' in the Bible

"If a man sins against his neighbor and {makes him swear an oath} and comes [with] an oath before your altar in this house,

"And if your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against you and they repent and confess your name and pray and plead before you in this house,

"When the heavens are stopped up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you and they pray to this place and confess your name and turn back from their sin when you humble them,

"When your people go out to battle against their enemy according to the way that you have sent them, and they pray to you toward this city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name,

When they sin against you--for there is no person who does not sin--and you become angry with them and place them before their enemy that they carry them away as captives to a land far or near,

then may you hear their prayer and their pleas from the heavens, from your dwelling place, and uphold their case and forgive your people who sinned against you.

So Israel has rebelled against the house of David until this day.

When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand {chosen warriors}, to fight against Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

'Thus says Yahweh: "Do not go up, and do not fight against your brothers. Return, each man to his house, for this matter has come from me." '" So they obeyed the words of Yahweh and turned back from going against Jeroboam.

And it happened [that] in the fifth year of King Rehoboam (for they had acted unfaithfully against Yahweh), Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem

And when Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah, saying, "They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy. I will give to them some way of escape, that my anger not be poured out against Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

Then Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and he took the treasures out of the house of Yahweh and the treasures out of the king's house. He took everything. He also took the small shields of gold that Solomon had made.

And Abijah joined in the battle with an army of four hundred thousand {battle-hardened warriors}, chosen men, and Jeroboam put the battle in order against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, an army of mighty warriors.

But Jeroboam the son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master,

and worthless men, {sons of wickedness}, were gathered about him and became hostile against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was a boy and gentle of heart and was not strong enough [to stand] before them.

And look, God [is] with us at the head, and his priests [have] the trumpets for sounding blasts against you, O sons of Israel. Do not fight against Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed."

When Judah turned, then behold, the battle against them [was] in front and behind, and they cried to Yahweh, and the priests blew on the trumpets.

And Abijah and his people struck a great blow against them, and the dead from Israel [that] fell [were] five hundred thousand chosen men.

Zerah the Cushite came out against them with an army of a thousand thousands and three hundred chariots. And he came to Mareshah.

Then Asa cried out to Yahweh his God. And he said, "O Yahweh, there is none with you to help between the great and the powerless. Help us, O Yahweh our God, for we rely upon you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Yahweh, you [are] our God! Let no man prevail against you!"

Nation was crushed by nation, and city [was] against city, for God threw them into confusion by all [sorts of] trouble.

In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha the king of Israel went up against Judah. And he built Ramah in order not to allow [anyone] to go out or come in to Asa, king of Judah.

And Ben-Hadad listened to King Asa, and he sent commanders of his troops that [were] with him against the cities of Israel. And they struck Ijon, Dan, Abel-Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.

And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.

And the fear of Yahweh was upon all the kingdoms of the lands surrounding Judah, and they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.

And {after some years} he went down to Ahab in Samaria. And Ahab slaughtered many sheep and cattle for him and for the people who [were] with him, and urged him to go up against Ramoth-Gilead.

So now, behold, Yahweh has put a spirit of deception into the mouths of these your prophets. Yahweh has spoken disaster against you."

And it happened [that] when the commanders of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, then they said, "It [is] the king of Israel!" And they turned against him to fight. Then Jehoshaphat cried out and Yahweh helped him. God drove them away from him.

And Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him. And he said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you [be] a help to the wicked and love those who hate Yahweh? On account of this, wrath [has come] against you from Yahweh.

And it happened [that] afterward, the {Moabites}, the {Ammonites}, and some of the Meunites came against Jehoshaphat for war.

And they came and reported [it] to Jehoshaphat, saying, "A great multitude from beyond the sea, from Aram, is coming against you. Now behold, [they are] in Hazazon Tamar" (that [is], En Gedi).

And he said, "O Yahweh, God of our ancestors, are you not God in heaven? Now you rule in all the kingdoms of the nations, and in your hand [are] power and might, and there is none [who can] resist against you.

And now, look, the people of Moab and Ammon and Mount Seir whom you did not allow Israel to come against when they came from Egypt, from whom they turned aside and did not destroy,

O our God, will you not judge them, for there is no power in us before this great multitude that is coming against us. Now we do not know what we shall do, for our eyes [are] upon you."

Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they are coming up the ascent of Ziz. And you will find them at the end of the valley facing the desert of Jeruel.

And {when} they began with singing and praise, Yahweh set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who were coming against Judah. And they were defeated

when the people of Ammon and Moab rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to destroy and demolish [them]. And when the inhabitants of Seir had made an end of them, each helped to destroy his comrade.

And Judah came against the watchtower of the wilderness. And they looked at the crowd, and behold, corpses were lying on the ground. There was none [who had] escaped.

And the fear of God came upon all the kingdoms of the earth when they heard that Yahweh had fought against the enemies of Israel.

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, "Because of your joining with Ahaziah, Yahweh will break down your works." And the ships were destroyed and were not able to go to Tarshish.

And Yahweh stirred up the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabs who [were] {near} the Cushites against Jehoram.

And they came up against Judah and invaded it and carried away all the possessions found in the house of the king, and also his sons and his wives, so that no son was left to him except Jehoahaz his youngest son.

He also walked in their counsel and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-Gilead. And the Arameans wounded Joram.

And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds he had suffered at Ramah, when he made war against Hazael king of Aram. And Azariah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram son of Ahab in Jezreel for he [was] sick.

But he sent prophets among them, to bring them back to Yahweh. And they testified against them, and they did not obey.

Then they conspired against him and stoned him [with] stones at the command of the king in the courtyard of the house of Yahweh.

And it happened at the turn of the year [that] the army of Aram went up against him, and they came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the commanders of the people from among the people, and all the war booty they sent to the king of Damascus.

And when they were going away from him (for they had left him with many wounds), his servants conspired against him on account of the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest. So they killed him on his bed and he died. And they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him at the burial sites of the kings.

Now these [are] the ones who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath, the Ammonite, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith, the Moabite.

And [as for] his sons, the many oracles against him, and [his repair of] the foundation of the house of God, behold, they [are] written in the story of the scroll of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his place.

And from the time that Amaziah turned away from Yahweh, they had plotted a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. And he fled to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.

And he went out and made war against the Philistines, and he broke down the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod, and he built cities in Ashdod and among the Philistines.

And God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabs who were living in Gur-Baal and Meunim.

And under their hand [were] army troops [numbering] three hundred and seven thousand five hundred who could make war with power and strength to help the king against an enemy.

But on account of his strength his heart grew proud unto destruction. And he acted unfaithfully against Yahweh his God and went into the temple of Yahweh to offer an incense offering on the altar.

And they stood against King Uzziah and said to him, "It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but [it is] for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully. There will be no honor for you from Yahweh God."

Now he fought with the king of the {Ammonites} and prevailed against them. And the {Ammonites} gave to him in that year one hundred talents of silver and ten thousand measures of wheat and ten thousand [measures of] barley. This [is what] the {Ammonites} rendered to him, as well as in the second and third year.

Now a prophet of Yahweh was there; Oded [was] his name. And he went out before the army that was coming to Samaria and said to them, "Look, [it is] on account of the anger of Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, against Judah [that] he gave them into your hands, and you killed them in a rage reaching to the heavens.

So now, you yourselves plan to subdue people of Judah and Jerusalem as slaves and female servants for yourselves. {Is there not also guilt on your part} against Yahweh your God?

So now, listen to me and return the captives of your brothers whom you have taken captive, for the fierce anger of Yahweh [is] against you."

Then men from the heads of Ephraim--Azariah the son of Jehohanan, Berekiah the son of Meshillemoth, Hezekiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai--stood against those returning from the fight.

And they said to them, "You shall not bring the captives here, for [it is] as guilt [against] Yahweh upon us. You yourselves plan to add to our sins and to our guilt, but our guilt is very great, and [there is] great anger against Israel."

since again the Edomites came and struck against Judah and took captives.

For Yahweh subdued Judah for the sake of Ahaz, king of Israel, for he created disorder in Judah and acted unfaithfully against Yahweh.

Then Tiglath-Pileser the king of Assyria came against him and brought trouble for him, {instead of helping him},

And in the time of his distress, King Ahaz continued to act unfaithfully against Yahweh.

And the priest killed them and offered their blood against the altar to make atonement for all Israel, for the king had commanded the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.

After these things and these [acts of] faithfulness, Sennacherib the king of Assyria came, and he came against Judah. And he encamped against the fortified cities and planned to break them down for himself.

When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and [that] his face [was set] for battle against Jerusalem,

After this Sennacherib the king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (now he and all his armies with him [were] against Lachish) to Hezekiah king of Judah and to all of Judah that [was] in Jerusalem, saying,

And still more his servants said against Yahweh God and against Hezekiah his servant.

And he wrote letters to treat Yahweh the God of Israel with contempt and spoke against him, saying, "As the gods of the nations of the earth who did not save their people from my hand, so likewise the God of Hezekiah will not save his people from my hand."

And his servants conspired against him and killed him in his house.

But the people of the land struck down all who conspired against King Amon. And the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place.

because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and against its inhabitants and you humbled yourself before me and tore your garments and wept before me, now I also have heard,' {declares} Yahweh.

And he sent messengers to him, saying, "{What is there between us}, O king of Judah? [I am] not against you yourself this day, but against the house making war against me. And God has commanded me to make haste. Stop [opposing] God, who [is] with me that he will not destroy you."

Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon went up against him, and he bound him with bronze fetters to bring him to Babylon.

Now the remainder of the words of Jehoiakim and the detestable things that he did and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

And he also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Therefore he brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, and he killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary. He showed no mercy on a young man, a virgin, [the] elderly, or decrepit. He delivered all into his hand.

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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