King James Version with full narration by Alexander Scourby
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Enmity
CategoryTheological Term / Archaic Word
Modern Equivalentdeep hostility; hatred; the state of being an enemy.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionActive and deep hostility or hatred. In the KJV it describes the fundamental conflict between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent established at the Fall — the cosmic enmity between humanity and Satan. Paul also describes the unregenerate mind as enmity against God.
Key Verses"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." (Genesis 3:15); "The carnal mind is enmity against God." (Romans 8:7)