What does "Hate" mean in the Bible?

What does the Bible say about Hate?

HATE, Gen 24:60. To hate is to regard with a passion contrary to love, Jer 44:4. God's hatred is toward all sinful thoughts and ways. It is a feeling of which all holy beings are conscious in view of sin, and is wholly unlike the hatred which is mentioned in the Scripture among the works of the flesh, Gal 5:20. We must hate the evil, but love and bless our enemy, Matt 5:43. To hate sometimes means to love in a less degree. When our Saviour says that he who would follow him must hate father and mother, he means that even these dearest earthly friends must be loved in a subordinate degree; and in the same sense the follower of Christ is to hate his own life, or be willing to sacrifice it for the love and service of the Redeemer. A careful examination of the passages and the connection in which these words occur will best show their true force and meaning.

What is the Hebrew word for Hate?

Where does Hate appear in the Bible?

Hate is referenced in 74 verses across 21 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

• 2 Samuel 19:6
• Amos 5:10
• Amos 5:15
• Amos 5:21
• Deuteronomy 5:9
• Deuteronomy 7:10
• Deuteronomy 7:15
• Deuteronomy 22:13
• Deuteronomy 22:16
• Deuteronomy 30:7
• Deuteronomy 32:41
• Ecclesiastes 3:8
• Exodus 20:5
• Ezekiel 16:27
• Ezekiel 23:28
• Ezekiel 35:6
• Isaiah 1:14
• Isaiah 61:8
• Isaiah 66:5
• Judges 11:7
• Judges 14:16
• Jeremiah 12:8
• Jeremiah 44:4
• John 7:7

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Hate.