ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΟΝ, ἀντιπαλον
ANTIPALON, antipalon
Sounds Like: an-TEE-pa-lon
Translations: opponent, an opponent, adversary, an adversary, rival, a rival
From the root: ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΟΝ refers to an opponent, adversary, or rival. It describes someone who is in opposition or conflict with another. It is a compound word formed from the Greek preposition ἀντί (anti), meaning "against" or "opposite," and the noun πάλη (pale), meaning "wrestling" or "struggle." It is used to describe someone who contends against another, whether in a physical struggle, a legal dispute, or a general rivalry.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G0476 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 19:5
- Book Two — 17:38
- Book Three — 10:14
- Book Four — 10:21
- Book Six — 8:30
- Book Seven — 8:118
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΝΤΙΠΑ — opponent, adversary, rival
- ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΟΣ — opponent, adversary, rival, an opponent, an adversary, a rival
- ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΩ — (to) an opponent, (to) an adversary, (to) a rival
- ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΩΝ — of an opponent, of opponents, of a rival, of rivals, of an adversary, of adversaries
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