Strong G483ἀντιλέγω
to dispute
- Transliteration
- antilegō
- Pronunciation
- an-til'-eg-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀντι-λέγω
[in LXX: Hos.4:4 (רִיב hi.), Isa.50:5 (סוּג ni.) Isa.22:22 65:2, Sir.4:25, 3Ma.2:28, 4Ma.4:7 4Mac 8:2 *;]
cοntradict, oppose, resist (see Field, Notes, 106; MM, VGT, see word); absol.: Act.28:19, Rom.10:21, Tit.1:9 2:9; with dative, Jhn.19:12, Act.13:45; with accusative and inf., Luk.20:27 T; pass., Luk.2:34, Act.28:22.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Hos.4:4 (רִיב hi.), Isa.50:5 (סוּג ni.) Isa.22:22 65:2, Sir.4:25, 3Ma.2:28, 4Ma.4:7 4Mac 8:2 *;]
cοntradict, oppose, resist (see Field, Notes, 106; MM, VGT, see word); absol.: Act.28:19, Rom.10:21, Tit.1:9 2:9; with dative, Jhn.19:12, Act.13:45; with accusative and inf., Luk.20:27 T; pass., Luk.2:34, Act.28:22.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G483 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gainsay2
- spake2
- spoken2
- answer1
- contradict1
- deny1
- gainsayers1
- it1
- say1
- speaketh1
First verses
- Luke 2:34And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
- Luke 20:27Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
- Luke 21:15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
- John 19:12And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cesar.
- Acts 4:14And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
- Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
- Acts 28:19But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
- Acts 28:22But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
- Romans 10:21But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
- Titus 1:9Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
- Titus 2:9Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀντιλέγω,
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, Comedy texts, and _Attic dialect_ Prose (compare ἀνταγορεύω))]: future ἀντιλέξω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 993, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 998, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 8.10 (but the common _future_ is ἀντερῶ))]: aorist ἀντέλεξα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 409, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1040 (but the _aorist_ commonly used is ἀντεῖπον):)]perfect ἀντείρηκα: future passive ἀντειρήσομαι:—speak against, gainsay, contradict, τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.30, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 216b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.6.13, etc.; περί τινος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.53, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.8)]; ὑπὲρ τῶν δικαίων[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 3.5.12; πρός τι 1.2.17; πρός πάντα τὰ δίκαια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 888:)] —often followed by a dependent clause, ἀ. ὡς.. declare in opposition or answer that.., χρησμοῖσι οὐκ ἔχω ἀντιλέγειν ὡς οὐκ εἰσὶ ἀληθέες[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.77, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 980, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.24, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.25, etc.; οὐ τοῦτό γ᾽ ἀντιλέγουσιν, ὡς οὐ.. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287b23; also ἀ. ὑπέρ τινος ὡς.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.45: so with)]infinitive, ἀ. ποιήσειν ταῦτα, ἤν.. to reply that they will.., if.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.28; ἀ. μὴ κτεῖναι Μυτιληναίους [prev. author] 3.41; ἀ. τὸ μὴ οὐ ἀξιοῦσθαί τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.20.)]
2 with accusative of things, ἴσ᾽ ἀντιλέξαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 409; ἀ. τὸν ἐναντίον λόγον 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 8.11)]; μῦθον ἀ. τινί tell one tale in reply to another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 806; ἀντιλέγομεν πρᾶγμά τι 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 8)]:—passive, to be disputed, questioned, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.37)]; of a place, ὑπό τινος ἀντιλεγόμενον counter-claimed,[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 3.2.30; ἀντιλέγεσθαι μικρὸν πρός τινα περί τινος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.15; τὰ ἀντιλεγόμενα)]points in dispute, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.44)]; πρὸς τὰ ἀντειρημένα κτλ., title of work by Chrysippus, [Refs (“Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.8)]; τόπος ἀντιλλεγόμενος (sic) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 5(2).443.15 (Megalopolis, 2nd c.BC): _absolutely_, -λέγεται περί τινος 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.6.6)]; of the genuineness of literary works, to be disputed, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.839c.)]
3 absolutely, speak in opposition, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.42, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 993, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1076, etc.; ὁ ἀντιλέγων)]the opponent, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 335a; οἱ ἀντιλέγοντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.53; λαὸς ἀπειθῶν καὶ -λέγων LXX.Isa.65.2.)]
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, Comedy texts, and _Attic dialect_ Prose (compare ἀνταγορεύω))]: future ἀντιλέξω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 993, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 998, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 8.10 (but the common _future_ is ἀντερῶ))]: aorist ἀντέλεξα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 409, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1040 (but the _aorist_ commonly used is ἀντεῖπον):)]perfect ἀντείρηκα: future passive ἀντειρήσομαι:—speak against, gainsay, contradict, τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.30, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 216b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.6.13, etc.; περί τινος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.53, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.8)]; ὑπὲρ τῶν δικαίων[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 3.5.12; πρός τι 1.2.17; πρός πάντα τὰ δίκαια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 888:)] —often followed by a dependent clause, ἀ. ὡς.. declare in opposition or answer that.., χρησμοῖσι οὐκ ἔχω ἀντιλέγειν ὡς οὐκ εἰσὶ ἀληθέες[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.77, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 980, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.24, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.25, etc.; οὐ τοῦτό γ᾽ ἀντιλέγουσιν, ὡς οὐ.. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287b23; also ἀ. ὑπέρ τινος ὡς.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.45: so with)]infinitive, ἀ. ποιήσειν ταῦτα, ἤν.. to reply that they will.., if.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.28; ἀ. μὴ κτεῖναι Μυτιληναίους [prev. author] 3.41; ἀ. τὸ μὴ οὐ ἀξιοῦσθαί τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.20.)]
2 with accusative of things, ἴσ᾽ ἀντιλέξαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 409; ἀ. τὸν ἐναντίον λόγον 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 8.11)]; μῦθον ἀ. τινί tell one tale in reply to another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 806; ἀντιλέγομεν πρᾶγμά τι 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 8)]:—passive, to be disputed, questioned, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.37)]; of a place, ὑπό τινος ἀντιλεγόμενον counter-claimed,[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 3.2.30; ἀντιλέγεσθαι μικρὸν πρός τινα περί τινος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.15; τὰ ἀντιλεγόμενα)]points in dispute, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.44)]; πρὸς τὰ ἀντειρημένα κτλ., title of work by Chrysippus, [Refs (“Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.8)]; τόπος ἀντιλλεγόμενος (sic) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 5(2).443.15 (Megalopolis, 2nd c.BC): _absolutely_, -λέγεται περί τινος 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.6.6)]; of the genuineness of literary works, to be disputed, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.839c.)]
3 absolutely, speak in opposition, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.42, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 993, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1076, etc.; ὁ ἀντιλέγων)]the opponent, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 335a; οἱ ἀντιλέγοντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.53; λαὸς ἀπειθῶν καὶ -λέγων LXX.Isa.65.2.)]