ἈΝΘΕΛΚΟΝΤΑ, ἀνθελκοντα
ANTHELKONTA, anthelkonta
Sounds Like: an-THEL-kon-tah
Translations: pulling back, dragging back, resisting, those pulling back, those dragging back, those resisting
From the root: ἈΝΘΕΛΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'pulling back' or 'dragging back'. It is a compound word formed from ἀντί (anti), meaning 'against' or 'in return', and ἕλκω (helkō), meaning 'to drag' or 'to pull'. It describes an action of resistance or counter-pulling. It can be used to describe people or things that are holding something back or creating an opposing force.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Accusative, Plural, Neuter
Strong’s number: G0430 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 19:34
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΘΕΛΚΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΝΘΕΛΚΕΤΑΙ — is drawn back, is pulled back, is dragged back, is resisted
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