Against in the Bible: 1,667 times in the King James Version

Operator / Syntax	Description	Example Query & Result
`+` (or space)	Logical AND: Finds verses containing all terms. Note that searching words separated only by a space behaves as an exact phrase. Use `+` to find terms anywhere in the same verse.	`jesus + wept` Finds verses containing both "jesus" and "wept" in any order.
`-`	Logical NOT / Exclude: Excludes verses containing the term after the minus sign.	`jesus - wept` Finds verses containing "jesus" but NOT "wept".
`\|`	Logical OR: Finds verses containing either term.	`grace \| mercy` Finds verses containing "grace", "mercy", or both.
`%`	Multi-character Wildcard: Matches zero or more non-space characters.	`behav%` Matches "behave", "behaved", "behaveth", "behavior", etc.
`_`	Single-character Wildcard: Matches exactly one single alphabetical character.	`h_t` Matches "hat", "hot", "hit", etc.
`" "`	Exact Phrase: Wraps a search term in double quotes to find an exact match for the entire phrase.	`"in the beginning"` Finds verses containing exactly "in the beginning" with no variations.
`[Book]`	Search Scope: Restricts your search to a specific book, range of books, or chapter range.	`lord [Matt]` (Only Matthew) `faith [Heb - Jam]` (Hebrews to James) `spirit [Matt 4 - 8]` (Matthew Ch. 4 to 8) `love [John 1:1 - 3:16]` (Specific range)

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“Against” is in the King James Bible 1,667 times, in 1,390 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

יהוה yehôvâh 78 times
κατά kata 60 times
קראה qir'âh 41 times
ἐπί epi 39 times
ישׂראל yiśrâ'êl 36 times
εἰς eis 28 times
בּן bên 26 times
עמּה ‛ûmmâh 26 times
πρός pros 24 times
ירוּשׁלם ירוּשׁלים yerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim 24 times
עיר ער עיר ‛ı̂yr ‛âr ‛âyar 24 times
מלך melek 23 times
No Strong's number mostly supplied words 151 times

464 more, less often

מוּל מול מואל מל mûl môl mô'l mûl 22 times
פּנים pânı̂ym 22 times
בּית bayith 21 times
עם ‛am 17 times
אמר 'âmar 15 times
ארץ 'erets 15 times
יהוּדה yehûdâh 15 times
איב אויב 'ôyêb 'ôyêb 14 times
אישׁ 'ı̂ysh 14 times
ישׁב yâshab 14 times
אלהים 'ĕlôhı̂ym 13 times
רע ריע rêa‛ rêya‛ 13 times
משׁה môsheh 12 times
אח 'âch 11 times
גּוי גּי gôy gôy 11 times
נכח nôkach 11 times
נפשׁ nephesh 11 times
סביב סביבה sâbı̂yb sebı̂ybâh 11 times
נכה nâkâh 10 times
עשׂה ‛âśâh 10 times
פּלשׁתּי pelishtı̂y 10 times
בּבל bâbel 9 times
יום yôm 9 times
נאם ne'ûm 9 times
רע רעה ra‛ râ‛âh 9 times
אב 'âb 8 times
חשׁב châshab 8 times
עבד ‛ebed 8 times
עלה ‛âlâh 8 times
פּה peh 8 times
קיר קר קירה qı̂yr qir qı̂yrâh 8 times
על ‛al 7 times
שׁוּב shûb 7 times
אהרון 'ahărôn 6 times
ילך yâlak 6 times
יצא yâtsâ' 6 times
מצרים mitsrayim 6 times
ἀντίλεγω antilegō 5 times
αὐτός autos 5 times
אדון אדן 'âdôn 'âdôn 5 times
בּנה bânâh 5 times
הר har 5 times
לחם lâcham 5 times
מקום מקם מקומה מקמה mâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh 5 times
נגד neged 5 times
נתן nâthan 5 times
פּשׁע pesha‛ 5 times
רעה râ‛âh 5 times

And 416 others, each in a phrase with “against” a few times.

10 verses in Esther Show all

Esther

2:1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
3:14 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.
5:1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
5:9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
6:13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
7:7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
8:3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
8:13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
9:24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
9:25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

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Translated from 436 Hebrew and 40 Greek words

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