Hostile
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Enemy (134 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury
of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to ...
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Encounter (10 Occurrences)
... To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly,
or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to ...
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Assail (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault;
to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery. ...
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Ahab (85 Occurrences)
... No doubt Ahab thought that a king won as a friend by kindness might be of greater
service to Israel than a hostile nation, made still more hostile, by having ...
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Nicodemus (5 Occurrences)
... his timidity of action, which displayed itself in his coming "by night," lest he
should offend his colleagues in the Sanhedrin and the other hostile Jews (John ...
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Siege (63 Occurrences)
... This instruction to have regard to the fruit trees around a hostile city seems to
have been more honored in the breach than in the observance, even in Israel. ...
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Divination (25 Occurrences)
... were prohibited by the government from exercising their calling, probably because
they were supposed to be in league with tile gods of other and hostile nations ...
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Scribes (85 Occurrences)
... into collision with him. They afterwards showed themselves greatly hostile
to the apostles (Acts 4:5; 6:12). Some of the scribes ...
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Jeremiah (141 Occurrences)
... This king was indeed not as hostile to Jeremiah as Jehoiakim had been; but all the
more hostile were the princes and the generals, who were now in command ...
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Hostile (25 Occurrences)
... enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied
by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile...
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Hostility (29 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Enmity; unfriendliness; animosity. 2. (n.) An act of an open enemy; a hostile
deed; especially in the plural, acts of warfare; attacks of an enemy. ...
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Damascus (58 Occurrences)
... He cherished a not unnatural animosity against Israel and the rise of a powerful
and hostile kingdom in the Israelite frontier was a constant source of anxiety ...
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Zobah (15 Occurrences)
... Rezon, son of Eliada, now broke away from Hadadezer and, getting possession of
Damascus, set up a kingdom hostile to Israel (1 Kings 11:23-25). ...
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Zenas (1 Occurrence)
... They are met with again and again in the Gospels, where they frequently came
into contact with Christ, usually in a manner hostile to Him. ...
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Kir (11 Occurrences)
... against "the valley of the vision" (in or close to Jerusalem), implies that soldiers
from these two places, though one might expect them to be hostile to the ...
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Uzziah (27 Occurrences)
... of Eloth, at the head of the Red Sea, was restored to Judah, and the city rebuilt
(2 Kings 14:22 2 Chronicles 26:2); the walls of certain hostile towns, Gath ...
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Unfriendly (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Not friendly; not kind or benevolent;
hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor. 2. (a.) Not favorable ...
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Obtain (63 Occurrences)
... Romans 5:10 For if while we were hostile to God we were reconciled to Him through
the death of His Son, it is still more certain that now that we are reconciled ...
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Olive (61 Occurrences)
... Its growth implies a certain degree of settlement and peace, for a hostile army
can in a few days destroy the patient work of two generations. ...
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Jabneh (1 Occurrence)
... Antonius allowed it to be revived, but it was again suppressed because of
hostile language on the part of the rabbis (ibid., 451-52). ...
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Jabneel (2 Occurrences)
... Antonius allowed it to be revived, but it was again suppressed because of
hostile language on the part of the rabbis (ibid., 451-52). ...
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Lazarus (19 Occurrences)
... As might be expected this miracle has been vigorously assailed by all schools of
hostile critics. Ingenuity has been exhausted in inventing objections to it. ...
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Gospels
... It has even been maintained (S. Baring-Gould, Lost and Hostile Gospels, xxiii, London,
1874) that at the close of the 1st century, almost every church had its ...
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Gog (12 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) A Reubenite (1 Chronicles 5:4), the father of Shimei.
(2.) The name of the leader of the hostile party described in Ezek. ...
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Invade (15 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder;
to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great ...
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Inroad
... 1. (n.) The entrance for a hostile invasion or encroachment; as making inroads to
a competitor's market; sudden or desultory incursion or invasion; raid ...
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Invasion (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) A warlike or hostile entrance into the possessions or domains of
another; the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder. ...
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Friend (139 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same
nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. ...
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Foe (23 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against
another; an enemy. 2. (n.) An enemy in war; a hostile army. ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/foe.htm - 12k

Fortify (6 Occurrences)
... and secure by forts or batteries, or by surrounding with a wall or ditch or other
military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces. ...
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Friendly (17 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Appropriate to, or implying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable.
3. (a.) Not hostile; as, a friendly power or state. ...
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Front (327 Occurrences)
... view. 9. (vt) To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a hostile
manner. 10. (vt) To appear before; to meet. 11. (vt ...
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Throne (181 Occurrences)
... is the place of our sanctuary"); it symbolizes the power of the Gentiles being hostile
to the people of Yahweh (Psalm 94:20), and is used metaphorically in ...
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Treaty (25 Occurrences)
... David and Solomon had friendly relations with Hiram, king of Tyre (1 Kings 5:15);
Asa, to rid himself of the hostile approaches of Baasha, king of Israel ...
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Thomas (12 Occurrences)
... In John 11:1-54, when Jesus, despite imminent danger at the hands of hostile Jews,
declared His intention of going to Bethany to heal Lazarus, Thomas alone ...
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Triumphed (8 Occurrences)
... Colossians 2:15 And the hostile princes and rulers He shook off from Himself, and
boldly displayed them as His conquests, when by the Cross He triumphed over ...
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Raid (15 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted
men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray. ...
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Rebel (35 Occurrences)
... See Rebellion. 4. (vi) To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or
insubordinate attitude; to revolt. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Ramp (9 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To climb, as a plant; to creep up. 4. (n.) A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.
5. (n.) A highwayman; a robber. 6. (n.) A romping woman; a prostitute. ...
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Rise (417 Occurrences)
... 24. (v.) In various figurative senses. 25. (v.) To become excited, opposed,
or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel. 26. ...
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Requirements (26 Occurrences)
... Colossians 2:14 The bond, with its requirements, which was in force against us and
was hostile to us, He cancelled, and cleared it out of the way, nailing it ...
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Eruption (6 Occurrences)
... (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to
another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion. 2. (n.) That which bursts forth. ...
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Engaged (31 Occurrences)
... 4. (a.) Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest. 5. (a.) Involved; esp., involved
in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight. ...
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Estranged (12 Occurrences)
... DBY). Colossians 1:21 And you, estranged as you once were and even hostile
in your minds, amidst your evil deeds, (WEY RSV). 2 Samuel ...
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Display (30 Occurrences)
... Colossians 2:15 And the hostile princes and rulers He shook off from Himself, and
boldly displayed them as His conquests, when by the Cross He triumphed over ...
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Descent (22 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often
followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy. ...
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Displayed (18 Occurrences)
... Colossians 2:15 And the hostile princes and rulers He shook off from Himself, and
boldly displayed them as His conquests, when by the Cross He triumphed over ...
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Deadly (31 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious;
as, deadly enemies. 3. (a.) Subject to death; mortal. ...
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Disarmed (1 Occurrence)
... Colossians 2:15 And the hostile princes and rulers He shook off from Himself, and
boldly displayed them as His conquests, when by the Cross He triumphed over ...
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Dividing (23 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 2:14 For He is our peace--He who has made Jews and Gentiles one, and in
His own human nature has broken down the hostile dividing wall, (WEY NAS RSV ...
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Divide (71 Occurrences)
... out; to share. 4. (vt) To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant
or hostile; to set at variance. 5. (vt) To separate ...
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Moabite (13 Occurrences)
... After the Conquest, the Moabites maintained hostile relations with the Israelites,
and frequently harassed them in war (Judges 3:12-30; 1 Samuel 14). ...
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Maltreat (1 Occurrence)
... Acts 14:5 And when a hostile movement was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with the
sanction of their magistrates, to maltreat and stone them, (WEY). ...
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Mediation
... may be defined as the act of intervening between parties at variance for the purpose
of reconciling them, or between parties not necessarily hostile for the ...
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Mediator (7 Occurrences)
... may be defined as the act of intervening between parties at variance for the purpose
of reconciling them, or between parties not necessarily hostile for the ...
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Meet (281 Occurrences)
... as to form an angle. 7. (vt) To come together with hostile purpose; to have
an encounter or conflict. 8. (vt) To assemble together ...
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Mask (3 Occurrences)
... 12. (vt) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortress by
a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out. 13. ...
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Movement (1 Occurrence)
... Acts 14:5 And when a hostile movement was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with the
sanction of their magistrates, to maltreat and stone them, (WEY). ...
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Magistrates (18 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Acts 14:5 And when a hostile movement was made by both Gentiles and Jews,
with the sanction of their magistrates, to maltreat and stone them, (WEY). ...
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Megiddo (13 Occurrences)
... Palestine. It was here Barak gained a notable victory over Jabin, the king
of Hazor, whose general, Sisera, led on the hostile army. ...
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Province (66 Occurrences)
... which in one instance might be the direction of jurisdiction at Rome, in another
the management of military operations against a particular hostile community. ...
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Princes (324 Occurrences)
... Colossians 2:15 And the hostile princes and rulers He shook off from Himself, and
boldly displayed them as His conquests, when by the Cross He triumphed over ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/princes.htm - 40k

Prepare (199 Occurrences)
... prepare an entertainment. 3. (vi) To make all things ready; to put things
in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion. 4. (vi) To ...
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Board (47 Occurrences)
... 11. (vt) To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house. 12. (n.) To go
on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way. 13. ...
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Bethzur (4 Occurrences)
... Its importance lay in its natural strength, on a hilltop dominating the highroad,
and also in its guarding the one southerly approach for a hostile army by the ...
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Beroea (4 Occurrences)
... A number of "Gr women of honorable estate and of men" also believed, but the advent
of a body of hostile Jews from Thessalonica created a disturbance in ...
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Beth-zur (4 Occurrences)
... Its importance lay in its natural strength, on a hilltop dominating the highroad,
and also in its guarding the one southerly approach for a hostile army by the ...
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Benhadad (24 Occurrences)
... The danger of a hostile fortress overlooking his capital, and the humiliation
of his rival's presence so near, were more than Asa could bear. ...
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Boldly (26 Occurrences)
... Colossians 2:15 And the hostile princes and rulers He shook off from Himself, and
boldly displayed them as His conquests, when by the Cross He triumphed over ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/boldly.htm - 14k

Conquests (1 Occurrence)
... Colossians 2:15 And the hostile princes and rulers He shook off from Himself, and
boldly displayed them as His conquests, when by the Cross He triumphed over ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/conquests.htm - 6k

Conflict (18 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting. 3.
(vi) To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide. ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/conflict.htm - 13k

Contend (56 Occurrences)
... In the New Testament diakrinein, for the hostile separation of one from another,
dispute (Jude 1:9), or epagonizomai (Jude 1:3), descriptive of the strain to ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/contend.htm - 24k

Cope (1 Occurrence)
... 8. (vi) To exchange or barter. 9. (vi) To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.
10. (vi) To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cope.htm - 7k

Christ's (64 Occurrences)
... Romans 5:10 For if while we were hostile to God we were reconciled to Him through
the death of His Son, it is still more certain that now that we are reconciled ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/christ's.htm - 24k

Canceled (6 Occurrences)
... Colossians 2:14 The bond, with its requirements, which was in force against us and
was hostile to us, He cancelled, and cleared it out of the way, nailing it ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/canceled.htm - 8k

Contention (24 Occurrences)
... In the New Testament diakrinein, for the hostile separation of one from another,
dispute (Jude 1:9), or epagonizomai (Jude 1:3), descriptive of the strain to ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/contention.htm - 15k

Cleared (17 Occurrences)
... Colossians 2:14 The bond, with its requirements, which was in force against us and
was hostile to us, He cancelled, and cleared it out of the way, nailing it ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cleared.htm - 11k

Caravan (8 Occurrences)
... or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers
or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa. 2. (n.) A ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/caravan.htm - 11k

Cancelled (2 Occurrences)
... Colossians 2:14 The bond, with its requirements, which was in force against us and
was hostile to us, He cancelled, and cleared it out of the way, nailing it ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cancelled.htm - 7k




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