אֹיֵב (ʾāyab) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning be hostile to. It appears
284 times
in 28 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H341).
Also rendered
enemy
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 78)
Range of meaning (TWOT 78)be hostile to, enemy; to hate, hating, adversary; be an enemy, foe
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
אָיַבverb: be hostile to, enemy
Strong's H340אָיַב: to hate (as one of an opposite tribe or party); hence to be hostile KJV:be an enemy.
Strong's H341אֹיֵב: hating; an adversary KJV:enemy, foe.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.