ἈΝΤΕΧΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ, ἀντεχομενους
ANTECHOMENOUS, antechomenous
Sounds Like: an-TEKH-oh-meh-noos
Translations: holding fast, clinging to, supporting, attending to, those holding fast, those clinging to, those supporting
From the root: ἈΝΤΕΧΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from 'ἀντί' (anti), meaning 'against' or 'in return for', and 'ἔχω' (echō), meaning 'to have' or 'to hold'. As a participle, it describes someone who is actively holding fast to, clinging to, or supporting something or someone. It implies a firm and steadfast adherence or commitment. It is often used with a genitive object, meaning 'to hold fast to' or 'to cling to' something.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Accusative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G0472 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 5:19
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΤΕΧΩ.
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.
- ἈΝΤΕΙΧΕΝ — he was holding out, she was holding out, it was holding out, he was resisting, she was resisting, it was resisting, he was enduring, she was enduring, it was enduring
- ἈΝΤΕΙΧΟΝΤΟ — they held fast, they resisted, they clung to, they held out against, they endured
- ἈΝΤΕΣΧΕ — resisted, endured, held out, persevered, clung to, held fast
- ἈΝΤΕΣΧΟΝ — resisted, held out against, endured, opposed, clung to, devoted oneself to
- ἈΝΤΕΧΕΙΝ — to hold fast, to hold out, to cling to, to be loyal to, to resist, to endure, to persevere, to stand firm
- ἈΝΤΕΧΟΜΕΝΟΙ — holding fast to, clinging to, devoted to, supporting, those holding fast to, those clinging to
- ἈΝΤΕΧΟΝΤΩΝ — of holding fast, of holding on, of clinging to, of being devoted to, of resisting
- ἈΝΤΕΧΩΝ — holding fast, clinging to, being devoted to, supporting, holding to, adhering to
- ἈΝΤΙΣΧΕΙΝ — to hold out against, to resist, to endure, to cling to, to hold fast to, to be loyal to
- ἈΝΤΙΣΧΩΝ — holding against, resisting, enduring, holding fast, holding out, holding to, clinging to, adhering to, being devoted to
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