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.

12 verses in Lamentations Show all

Lamentations

1:13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
1:15 The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
1:18 The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
2:3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
2:16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
3:3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
3:5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
3:46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
3:60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
3:61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
3:62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
5:22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.

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12 verses in Lamentations Show all

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