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.

61 verses in 1 Samuel Show all

1 Samuel

25:34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
26:9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?
26:11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
26:19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
26:23 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed.
27:10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
28:15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
29:8 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
30:23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
31:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
31:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

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