en´mi -ti ( איבה , 'ēbhāh ; ἔχθρα , échthra ): "Enmity" (hate) occurs as the translation of 'ēbhāh in Genesis 3:15 , "I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed," and in Numbers 35:21 , Numbers 35:22 , where the absence of enmity on the part of the man-slayer modifies the judgment to be passed on him.
In the New Testament "enmity" is the translation of echthra ̌ : Luke 23:12; Romans 8:7 , "The mind of the flesh is enmity against God." James 4:4 , "The friendship of the world is enmity with God" (because "the world" is preferred to God); in Ephesians 2:15 , Ephesians 2:16 , Christ is said to have "abolished in his flesh the enmity," by His cross to have "slain the enmity," that is, the opposition between Jew and Gentile , creating in Himself "one new man, (so) making peace." See also ABOLISH; HATE .
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