- Original: איב - Transliteration: 'ayab - Phonetic: aw-yab' - Definition: 1. to be hostile to, to be an enemy to a. (Qal) 1. to be hostile to 2. to treat as an enemy - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 78 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to hate (as one of an opposite tribe or party); hence to be hostile: - be an enemy. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • enemy, 1 Exodus 23:22