ἈΝΤΙΤΙΘΕΙΣ, ἀντιτιθεις
ANTITITHEIS, antititheis
Sounds Like: an-tee-TEE-thays
Translations: to set against, to oppose, to resist, to compare, to contrast
From the root: ΑΝΤΙΤΙΘΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning 'to set against' or 'to oppose'. It can also mean 'to compare' or 'to contrast' when one thing is set against another for evaluation. It is used to describe an action of placing something in opposition to another, whether physically, argumentatively, or conceptually.
Inflection: Present Active Participle, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine, Singular
Strong’s number: G0493 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 5:17
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 30:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΝΤΙΤΙΘΗΜΙ.
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.
- ἈΝΤΙΘΕΙΝΑΙ — to oppose, to set against, to resist, to object
- ἈΝΤΙΘΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will put in place of, they will oppose, they will resist
- ΑΝΤΙΘΕΜΙ — I oppose, I set against, I resist
- ΑΝΤΙΤΙΘΗΜΙ — to oppose, to resist, to set against, to contradict
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