שָׂנֵא
sa.ne
1. to hate, be hateful
a. (Qal) to hate
1. of man
2. of God
3. hater, one hating, enemy (participle) (subst)
b. (Niphal) to be hated
c. (Piel) hater (participle)
1. of persons, nations, God, wisdom
Aramaic equivalent: se.ne (שְׂנָא "to hate" H8131)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 139 verses
- Genesis 24:60 שֹׂנְאָֽיו׃
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
- Genesis 26:27 שְׂנֵאתֶ֣ם
“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”
- Genesis 29:31 שְׂנוּאָ֣ה
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
- Genesis 29:33 שְׂנוּאָ֣ה
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
- Genesis 37:4 וַֽיִּשְׂנְא֖וּ
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
- Genesis 37:5 שְׂנֹ֥א
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
- Genesis 37:8 שְׂנֹ֣א
“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
- Exodus 1:10 שֹׂ֣נְאֵ֔ינוּ
Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
- Exodus 18:21 שֹׂ֣נְאֵי
Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
- Exodus 20:5 לְשֹׂנְאָֽ֑י׃
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
- Exodus 23:5 שֹׂנַאֲךָ֗
If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.
- Leviticus 19:17 תִשְׂנָ֥א
You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
- Leviticus 26:17 שֹֽׂנְאֵיכֶ֔ם
And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
- Numbers 10:35 מְשַׂנְאֶ֖יךָ
Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”
- Deuteronomy 4:42 שֹׂנֵ֥א
to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:
- Deuteronomy 5:9 לְשֹׂנְאָֽ֑י׃
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
- Deuteronomy 7:10 לְשֹׂנְאָ֛יולְשֹׂ֣נְא֔וֹ
But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
- Deuteronomy 7:15 שֹׂנְאֶֽיךָ׃
And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.
- Deuteronomy 12:31 שָׂנֵ֗א
You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
- Deuteronomy 16:22 שָׂנֵ֖א
and do not set up for yourselves a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.
- Deuteronomy 19:4 שֹׂנֵ֥א
Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:
- Deuteronomy 19:6 שֹׂנֵ֥א
Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.
- Deuteronomy 19:11 שֹׂנֵ֣א
If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
- Deuteronomy 21:15 שְׂנוּאָ֔הוְהַשְּׂנוּאָ֑ה
If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the unloved wife has the firstborn son,
- Deuteronomy 21:16 הַשְּׂנוּאָ֖ה
when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.
- Deuteronomy 21:17 הַשְּׂנוּאָ֜ה
Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
- Deuteronomy 22:13 וּשְׂנֵאָֽהּ׃
Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,
- Deuteronomy 22:16 וַיִּשְׂנָאֶֽהָ׃
and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.
- Deuteronomy 24:3 וּשְׂנֵאָהּ֮
and the second man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies,
- Deuteronomy 30:7 שֹׂנְאֶ֖יךָ
Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you.
- Deuteronomy 32:41 וְלִמְשַׂנְאַ֖י
when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
- Deuteronomy 33:11 וּמְשַׂנְאָ֖יו
Bless his substance, O LORD, and accept the work of his hands. Smash the loins of those who rise against him, and of his foes so they can rise no more.”
- Joshua 20:5 שֹׂנֵ֥א
Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.
- Judges 11:7 שְׂנֵאתֶ֣ם
Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”
- Judges 14:16 שְׂנֵאתַ֙נִי֙
Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”
- Judges 15:2 שָׂנֹ֣אשְׂנֵאתָ֔הּ
“I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”
- 2 Samuel 5:8 שָׂנְאוּ
On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”
- 2 Samuel 13:15 וַיִּשְׂנָאֶ֣הָשְׂנֵאָ֔הּ
Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”
- 2 Samuel 13:22 שָׂנֵ֤א
And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.
- 2 Samuel 19:6 שֹׂ֣נְאֶ֔יךָוְלִשְׂנֹ֖א
You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! For you have made it clear today that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you!
- 2 Samuel 22:18 מִשֹּׂ֣נְאַ֔י
He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
- 2 Samuel 22:41 מְשַׂנְאַ֖י
You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
- 1 Kings 22:8 שְׂנֵאתִ֗יו
The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
- 2 Chronicles 1:11 שֹׂנְאֶ֔יךָ
God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or glory for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My people over whom I have made you king—
- 2 Chronicles 18:7 שְׂנֵאתִ֗יהוּ
The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
- 2 Chronicles 19:2 וּלְשֹׂנְאֵ֥י
Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
- Esther 9:1 בְּשֹׂנְאֵיהֶֽם׃
On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.
- Esther 9:5 בְשֹׂנְאֵיהֶ֖ם
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
- Esther 9:16 בְּשֹׂ֣נְאֵיהֶ֔ם
The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
- Job 8:22 שֹׂנְאֶ֥יךָ
Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”