ἈΝΤΕΙΠΕΙΝ, ἀντειπειν
ANTEIPEIN, anteipein
Sounds Like: an-TEI-pein
Translations: to speak against, to contradict, to gainsay, to object, to refuse
From the root: ἈΝΤΕΙΠΕΙΝ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist active infinitive verb, meaning 'to speak against' or 'to contradict'. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ἀντί (anti), meaning 'against' or 'opposite', and the verb εἶπον (eidon), meaning 'to say' or 'to speak'. It is used to describe the act of opposing someone or something verbally, or to refuse to comply.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0471 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:247
- Book 6 — 8:169
- Book 14 — 10:188
- Book 15 — 7:207
- Book 17 — 5:143
- Book 18 — 2:42, 4:89, 8:302
- Book 19 — 1:80
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΤΕΙΠΕΙΝ.
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.
- ἈΝΤΕΙΠΟΝΤΕΣ — speaking against, contradicting, gainsaying, opposing
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