Hebrew · H8130 · unreviewed

שָׂנֵא

To hate (personally)

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שָׂנֵא H8130

Pronunciation sone

What does שָׂנֵא (sone) mean in the Bible?

שָׂנֵא (sone) is a Hebrew word meaning "to hate (personally)". to hate (personally) BDB: hate Usage: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, × utterly. The word indicates deliberate avoidance of risky financial commitments. This term runs through the canonical themes of Revelation.

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Meaning

to hate (personally)

Extended definition

Personal animosity or active hostility; often marks relational rupture rather than mere dislike

to hate (personally) BDB: hate Usage: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, × utterly.

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs

Why This Word Matters

The word indicates deliberate avoidance of risky financial commitments. Proverbs 11:15

Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 67×

Perfect Amos 5:21 · Amos 6:8 · Jer 44:4 · Mal 1:3 · Prov 5:12 · Prov 8:13 · Ps 26:5 · Ps 31:7 · Ps 101:3 · Ps 119:104 · Ps 119:113 · Ps 119:128 · Ps 119:163 · Zech 8:17 · 2Sam 13:22 · Deut 12:31 31×

Participle active Deut 4:42 · Deut 19:4 · Deut 19:6 · Deut 19:11 · Exod 18:21 · Isa 61:8 · Job 34:17 · Josh 20:5 · Mic 3:2 · Prov 13:24 · Prov 15:10 · Prov 26:24 · Prov 27:6 · Prov 28:16 · Prov 29:24 · Ps 106:10 19×

Imperfect Prov 1:22 · Prov 29:10 · Prov 13:5 · Prov 26:28 · Lev 19:17 · Ps 139:21 6×

Participle passive 2Sam 5:8 · Deut 21:15 · Gen 29:31 · Gen 29:33 · Prov 30:23 5×

Infinitive construct Gen 37:5 · Gen 37:8 · Prov 8:13 3×

Sequential imperfect Amos 5:15 · Ps 97:10 2×

Infinitive absolute Judg 15:2 1×

Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 2×

Imperfect Prov 14:17 · Prov 14:20 2×

Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 1×

Participle active Ps 81:16 1×

Canonical Themes

Revelation

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Old Testament Witnesses

Proverbs 11:15 hate sone

to reject or strongly avoid

Showing 8 of 148 occurrences in the biblical text.

Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

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