ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΩ, ἀντιπαλω
ANTIPALŌ, antipalō
Sounds Like: an-tee-PAH-loh
Translations: (to) an opponent, (to) an adversary, (to) a rival
From the root: ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an opponent, adversary, or rival. It is a compound word formed from 'ἀντί' (anti), meaning 'against' or 'opposite', and 'πάλη' (pale), meaning 'wrestling' or 'struggle'. Thus, it literally means 'one who wrestles against'. It is used to describe someone who is in opposition or conflict with another, whether in a physical struggle, a legal dispute, or any form of competition.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0476 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 10:19
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
- ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΟΝ — opponent, an opponent, adversary, an adversary, rival, a rival
- ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΟΣ — opponent, adversary, rival, an opponent, an adversary, a rival
- ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΩΝ — of an opponent, of opponents, of a rival, of rivals, of an adversary, of adversaries
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