87 occurrences in 12 translations

'Foes' in the Bible

And blessed, praised, and glorified be God Most High,Who has given your enemies into your hand.”And Abram gave him a tenth of all [the treasure he had taken in battle].

But if you will carefully obey him and do everything I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

I will send My terror ahead of you, and I will throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you [in flight].

if I had not feared insult from the enemy,or feared that these foes might misunderstandand say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed;it wasn’t the Lord who did all this.’”

I will sharpen my lightning-like sword, and my hand will grasp hold of the weapon of judgment; I will execute vengeance on my foes, and repay those who hate me!

“Rejoice, O nations, with His people;For He will avenge the blood of His servants,And will render vengeance on His adversaries,And will atone for His land and His people.”

He said this about Judah:Lord, hear Judah’s cry and bring him to his people.He fights for his cause with his own hands,but may You be a help against his foes.

So the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands (power) of plunderers who robbed them; and He sold them into the hands of their surrounding enemies, so that they could no longer stand [in opposition] before their enemies.

But when they forgot the Lord their God, He sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of Hazor’s army, and into the hand of the Philistines and of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

So Gad went to David, told him the choices, and asked him, “Do you want three years of famine to come on your land, to flee from your foes three months while they pursue you, or to have a plague in your land three days? Now, think it over and decide what answer I should take back to the One who sent me.”

“You know that David my father could not build a house (temple) for the Name (Presence) of the Lord his God because of the wars which surrounded him, until the Lord put his enemies under his feet.

Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

God replied to Solomon, “Because this was in your heart and you did not ask for riches, possessions or honor and personal glory, or the life of those who hate you, nor have you even asked for long life, but you have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself so that you may rule and administer justice to My people over whom I have made you king,

But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

and he has kindled his wrath against me, and {he has counted me as one of his foes}.

A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.Lord, how my foes increase!There are many who attack me.

His ways prosper at all times;Your judgments [Lord] are on high, out of his sight [so he never thinks about them];As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

My enemy will say, “I have triumphed over him,”and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

Many [enemies like] bulls have surrounded me;Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Do not give me over to the will of my foes,for false witnesses rise up against me,breathing violence.

{A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.} I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me;Nor let those who hate me without cause wink their eye [maliciously].

Judge me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness and justice;And do not let them rejoice over me.

Through You we drive back our foes;through Your name we trample our enemies.

But You give us victory over our foesand let those who hate us be disgraced.

Why should I fear in times of trouble?The iniquity of my foes surrounds me.

My foes have trampled upon me all day long,For they are many who fight proudly against me.

My God in His lovingkindness will meet me;God will let me look triumphantly upon my foes.

With God we will perform valiantly;He will trample our foes.

You have ascended on high, You have led away captive Your captives;You have received gifts among men,Even from the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.

Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink;May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters.

He beat back His foes;He gave them lasting shame.

I would quickly subdue their enemiesand turn My hand against their foes.”

And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;You have made all his enemies rejoice.

And my eye has looked exultantly upon my foes,My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

Fire goes before Himand burns up His foes on every side.

The Lord made His people very fruitful;He made them more numerous than their foes,

Water covered their foes;not one of them remained.

Their enemies also oppressed them,And they were subdued under the [powerful] hand of their enemies.

With God we will perform valiantly;He will trample our foes.

The Lord will send the scepter of Your strength from Zion, saying,“Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

His heart is assured; he will not fear.In the end he will look in triumph on his foes.

My anger overwhelms mebecause my foes forget Your words.

My persecutors and foes are many.I have not turned from Your decrees.

and rescued us from our foes.        His love is eternal.

Therefore the Lord God of Hosts,the Mighty One of Israel, declares:“Ah, I will gain satisfaction from My foes;I will take revenge against My enemies.

Your many foes will be like fine dust,and many of the ruthless, like blowing chaff.Then suddenly, in an instant,

Yahweh goes forth like a mighty warrior; he stirs up zeal like a man of war. He raises the war cry, indeed he raises the battle shout; he prevails against his foes.

So He will repay according to their deeds:fury to His enemies,retribution to His foes,and He will repay the coastlands.

“Their quiver is [filled with the dead] like an open grave;They are all mighty men [heroes of their nation].

Then afterwards,” declares the Lord, “I will give over Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people, even those who survive in this city from the pestilence, the sword and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their foes and into the hand of those who seek their lives; and he will strike them down with the edge of the sword. He will not spare them nor have pity nor compassion.”’

{Therefore} all [those who] devour you will be devoured, and all your foes, all of them will go into captivity, and [those who] plunder you will be as plunder, and all [those who] plunder you I will make as plunder.

That day belongs to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. It is a day of vengeance to take vengeance on his foes. The sword will devour and be satisfied, and will drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north, by the Euphrates river.

“The sound [of Egypt fleeing from the enemy] is like [the rustling of] an escaping serpent,For her foes advance with a mighty armyAnd come against her like woodcutters with axes.

All [those who] found them have devoured them. And their foes have said, 'We are not guilty, {because} they have sinned against Yahweh, the {true pasture}, even Yahweh, the hope of their ancestors.'

(He) Her foes subjugated her; her enemies are at ease. For the Lord afflicted her because of her many acts of rebellion. Her children went away captive before the enemy.

“People have heard that I groan,That I have no comforter [in You].All my enemies have heard of my desperation;They are delighted [O Lord] that You have done it.Oh, that You would bring the day [of judgment] which You have proclaimedSo that they will become like me.

The Lord has done what He planned;He has accomplished His wordWhich He commanded from days of old.He has demolished without sparing,And He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you;He has exalted the power of your enemies.

I will set fire to Egypt;Pelusium will writhe in anguish,Thebes will be breached,and Memphis will face foes in broad daylight.

and the nations will know that because of their guilt the house of Israel went into exile, {because} they acted unfaithfully against me, and I hid my face from them, and I gave them into the hand of their foes, and they fell by the sword, all of them.

Your hand will be lifted high over your enemies, and all your foes will be cut off.

The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;the Lord takes vengeanceand is fierce in wrath.The Lord takes vengeance against His foes;He is furious with His enemies.

Why do You make men like the fish of the sea,Like reptiles and creeping things that have no ruler [and are helpless against their enemies]?

To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies,Might serve Him without fear,

For the time is coming upon thee when thy foes will throw up around thee earthworks and a wall, investing thee and hemming thee in on every side.

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and harassed and drove us out; and [they] continue to be highly displeasing to God and [to show themselves] hostile to all people,

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נפק 
N@phaq (Aramaic) 
Usage: 11

צמח 
Tsamach 
Usage: 33

גּח גּיח 
Giyach 
Usage: 6

חללה חלילה 
Chaliylah 
God forbid , far be it , be...far , Lord forbid ,
Usage: 20

יבל 
Yabal 
Usage: 18

יסד 
Yacad 
Usage: 43

מל מואל מול מוּל 
Muwl 
Usage: 35

נסע 
Naca` 
Usage: 146

פּרשׂ 
Paras 
Usage: 68

פּתח 
Pathach 
Usage: 143

רדף 
Radaph 
Usage: 143

διώκω 
Dioko 
Usage: 28

ἐκβάλλω 
Ekballo 
Usage: 43

ἐκπορεύομαι 
Ekporeuomai 
proceed , go out , go , come , depart , go forth , , vr go forth
Usage: 22

ἐκτείνω 
Ekteino 
Usage: 11

ἐκφέρω 
Ekphero 
Usage: 6

ἐξέρχομαι 
Exerchomai 
go out , come , depart , go , go forth , come out , come forth ,
Usage: 164

ἐπακολουθέω 
Epakoloutheo 
Usage: 4

κατακολουθέω 
Katakoloutheo 
Usage: 2

τεσσαρακονταετής 
Tessarakontaetes 
Usage: 2

ὑποπόδιον 
Hupopodion 
Usage: 5

χαρίζομαι 
Charizomai 
Usage: 21

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אב 
'ab 
Usage: 1214

אדן 
'eden 
Usage: 56

אדרע 
'edra` (Aramaic) 
by force
Usage: 1

אויל 
'eviyl 
Usage: 26

אולי 
'eviliy 
Usage: 1

אוּלת 
'ivveleth 
Usage: 25

און 
'own 
Usage: 12

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

אחר 
'acher 
Usage: 166

אחרן אחרין 
'acharown 
Usage: 50

אויב איב 
'oyeb 
Usage: 272

אכל 
'okel 
Usage: 44

אכלה 
'oklah 
Usage: 18

אלמן 
'alman 
Usage: 1

אמשׁ 
'emesh 
Usage: 5

אסון 
'acown 
Usage: 5

אספּרנא 
'ocparna' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 7

אף 
'aph 
Usage: 276

אפק 
'aphaq 
Usage: 7

ארבּעה ארבּע 
'arba` 
Usage: 318

ארבּע 
'arba` (Aramaic) 
Usage: 8

ארבּעים 
'arba`iym 
Usage: 136

ארבּעתּים 
'arba`tayim 
Usage: 1

אשׁ 
'osh (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

אשׁוּיה 
'ashuwyah 
Usage: 1

אשׁישׁ 
'ashiysh 
Usage: 1

בּוּל 
Buwl 
Usage: 2

בּור 
Bowr 
Usage: 69

בּליל 
B@liyl 
Usage: 3

בּער 
Ba`ar 
Usage: 5

בּקע 
Baqa` 
cleave , ...up , divide , rent , ... out , break through , rend , breach , asunder , hatch , brake , burst , cleft , break forth , pieces , tare , tear , win
Usage: 51

בּשׂר 
Basar 
Usage: 24

גּבוּרה 
G@buwrah 
Usage: 61

גּבּח 
Gibbeach 
Usage: 1

גּבּחת 
Gabbachath 
Usage: 4

גּדרה 
G@derah 
Usage: 9

גּזל 
Gazal 
Usage: 30

גּליל 
Galiyl 
Usage: 4

גּרשׁ 
Garash 
Usage: 48

גּרשׁ 
Geresh 
Usage: 1

דּבק 
Dabaq 
Usage: 54

דּבּר דּבר 
Dober 
Usage: 3

דּיק 
Dayeq 
Usage: 6

דּמם 
Damam 
Usage: 30

דּרך 
Darak 
Usage: 63

דּשׁא 
Dasha 
Usage: 2

הדם 
Hadom 
Usage: 6

הדר 
Hadar 
Usage: 7

הלאה 
Hal@ah 
Usage: 16

הלל 
Halal 
Usage: 165

זמר 
Zamar 
Usage: 46

זנה 
Zanah 
Usage: 93

חבל 
Chabal 
Usage: 30

חבק 
Chabaq 
Usage: 13

חבּק 
Chibbuq 
Usage: 2

חדל 
Chadal 
Usage: 58

חדל 
Chadel 
Usage: 3

חוּד 
Chuwd 
Usage: 4

חיל חוּל 
Chuwl 
Usage: 57

חץ חוּץ 
Chuwts 
Usage: 164

חזקה 
Chozqah 
Usage: 7

חיל 
Chayil 
Usage: 243

חמר 
Chamar 
Usage: 6

חנט 
Chanat 
Usage: 5

חקר 
Chaqar 
Usage: 27

חרם 
Charam 
Usage: 52

חרשׁ 
Choresh 
Usage: 7

חשׁב 
Chashab 
Usage: 124

חשׂך 
Chasak 
Usage: 28

טפל 
Taphal 
forge , forger , sew up
Usage: 3

יאל 
Ya'al 
Usage: 4

יורה 
Yowreh 
Usage: 3

ילד 
Yalad 
Usage: 497

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