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Psalms 38:20

“They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אֹיֵבʼôyêb · o-yabe'
H341 · Hebrew

Definition: hating; an adversary
Derivation: or (fully) אוֹיֵב; active participle of H340 (אָיַב);
KJV renderings: enemy, foe.
Grammar: וְֽ֭ — conjunction
אֹיְבַ — verb Qal, active participle, masculine, plural, construct
י — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
Code HC/Vqrmpc/Sp1cs
Usage: Occurs 284 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 22:17 Genesis 49:8 Exodus 15:6 Exodus 15:9 Exodus 23:4

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 אֹיֵב here.

Verse 19 Verse 21

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.