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μισέω

miseōto hateHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentVerb40 occurrences11 books36 verses

Definition

μισέω, -ῶ

[in LXX chiefly for שָׂנֵא ;]

to hate: with accusative of person(s) Matthew 5:43; 24:10, Luke 1:71; 6:22, 27; 19:14, John 7:7; 15:18-19, 23-26; 17:14, Titus 3:3, 1 John 2:9, John 2:11, John 3:13, John 3:15, John 4:20, Revelation 17:16; pass., Matthew 10:22; 24:9, Mark 13:13, Luke 21:17; with accusative of thing(s), John 3:20, Romans 7:15, Ephesians 5:29, Hebrews 1:9, Jude 23, Revelation 2:6; pass., Revelation 18:2. As the Heb. שָׂנֵא is sometimes found with the modified sense of indifference to or relative disregard for one thing in comparison with another (cf. Genesis 29:30-31, Deuteronomy 21:15-16, Malachi 1:3) so prob. μ. in the foll.: Matthew 6:24, Luke 14:26; 16:13, John 12:25, Romans 9:13" (LXX) .

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as μισέω:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

40 total
  1. Matthew 5:43μισήσεις · Hate
    You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’
  2. Matthew 6:24μισήσει · he will hate
    No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
  3. Matthew 10:22μισούμενοι · hated
    You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
  4. Matthew 24:9μισούμενοι · hated
    Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
  5. Matthew 24:10μισήσουσιν · hate
    At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,
  6. Mark 13:13μισούμενοι · hated
    You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
  7. Luke 1:71μισούντων · hate
    …salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
  8. Luke 6:22μισήσωσιν · hate
    Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
  9. Luke 6:27μισοῦσιν · hate
    But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
  10. Luke 14:26μισεῖ · hate
    “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
  11. Luke 16:13μισήσει · he will hate
    No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
  12. Luke 19:14ἐμίσουν · hated
    But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
  13. Luke 21:17μισούμενοι · hated
    And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.
  14. John 3:20μισεῖ · hates
    Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
  15. John 7:7μισεῖν · hate; μισεῖ · it hates
    The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
  16. John 12:25μισῶν · hates
    Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
  17. John 15:18μισεῖ · hates; μεμίσηκεν · it hated
    If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
  18. John 15:19μισεῖ · hates
    If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
  19. John 15:23μισῶν · hates; μισεῖ · hates
    Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
  20. John 15:24μεμισήκασιν · hated
    If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.
  21. John 15:25Ἐμίσησάν · They hated
    But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
  22. John 17:14ἐμίσησεν · has hated
    I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
  23. Romans 7:15μισῶ · I hate
    I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
  24. Romans 9:13ἐμίσησα · I hated
    So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
  25. Ephesians 5:29ἐμίσησεν · hated
    Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
  26. Titus 3:3μισοῦντες · [and] hating
    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
  27. Hebrews 1:9ἐμίσησας · hated
    You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”
  28. 1 John 2:9μισῶν · hates
    If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
  29. 1 John 2:11μισῶν · hates
    But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
  30. 1 John 3:13μισεῖ · hates
    So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
  31. 1 John 3:15μισῶν · hates
    Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.
  32. 1 John 4:20μισῇ · hates
    If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
  33. Jude 1:23μισοῦντες · hating
    …save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
  34. Revelation 2:6μισεῖς · You hate; μισῶ · hate
    But you have this to your credit: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
  35. Revelation 17:16μισήσουσιν · will hate
    And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
  36. Revelation 18:2μεμισημένου · detestable
    And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.