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Genesis 3:15

“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אֵיבָהʼêybâh · ay-baw'
H342 · Hebrew
Definition
hostility
Derivation
from H340 (אָיַב);
KJV renderings
emnity, hatred.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • אֵיבָ֣ה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
Code HC/Ncfsa
Usage
Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 35:21Numbers 35:22Ezekiel 25:15Ezekiel 35:5

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֵיבָה here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.