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)

Root family 78: אָיַב ʾāyab — to be an enemy. (ASV, RSV translate similarly)

• אִיּוֹב ʾîyôb — Job
• אֵיבָה ʾêbâ — enmity
• אָיַב ʾāyab — be hostile to

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