ἈΝΤΑΙΡΕΙΝ, ἀνταιρειν
ANTAIREIN, antairein
Sounds Like: an-TAI-rain
Translations: to resist, to oppose, to lift up against, to raise hands against
From the root: ἈΝΤΑΙΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from ἀντί (anti, meaning 'against') and αἴρω (airō, meaning 'to lift' or 'to take up'). It signifies the act of lifting or raising something, especially one's hands, in opposition or resistance to someone or something. It is used to describe a direct confrontation or an act of defiance.
Inflection: Present Active Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0480 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 11:292
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 16:1
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 5:22
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΤΑΙΡΩ.
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.
- ἈΝΤΑΙΡΟΝΤΑΣ — resisting, opposing, standing against, a resister, an opposer
- ἈΝΤΑΡΑΜΕΝΟΥΣ — having risen against, opposing, resisting, standing against
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