ἘΝΑΝΤΙΑ, ἐναντια
ENANTIA, enantia
Sounds Like: eh-NAN-tee-ah
Translations: opposite, contrary, hostile, an adversary, a contrary thing, an opposite thing, against, in opposition to
From the root: ΕΝΑΝΤΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun, Adverb
Explanation: This word describes something that is opposite, contrary, or hostile. It can be used as an adjective to modify a noun, or as a noun itself to refer to an adversary or opponent. When used with a preposition, it can function adverbially to mean 'against' or 'in opposition to'. For example, 'ἐκ ἐναντίας' means 'from the opposite side' or 'in opposition'.
Inflection: Feminine, Singular, Nominative or Accusative; or Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G1727 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 16:7
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 25:226
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 11:233
- Book 8 — 12:296
- Book 11 — 8:330
- Book 13 — 12:342, 13:354
- Book 15 — 3:74, 6:198
- Book 17 — 12:333
- Book 18 — 9:357
- Book 19 — 4:270
- Book 20 — 9:218
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 43:1
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:10
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 65:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 5 — 1:7
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 26:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΝΑΝΤΙΟΣ.
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.
- ΑΝΤΙΟΝ — before, in front of, opposite, in the presence of, against
- ΑΠΕΝΑΝΤΙΟΝ — opposite, in front of, before, against, in the presence of
- ἘΝΑΝΙΟΝ — opposite, contrary, hostile, adverse, in the presence of, before
- ἘΝΑΝΤΙ — opposite, in front of, before, against, contrary to
- ἘΝΑΝΤΙΑΝ — opposite, opposing, contrary, hostile, an opposite, a contrary
- ἘΝΑΝΤΙΑΣ — (of) opposite, (of) contrary, (of) hostile, (of) adverse
- ἘΝΑΝΤΙΟΙΣ — (to) opposite, (to) hostile, (to) adverse, (to) contrary, (to) enemies, (to) opponents
- ἘΝΑΝΤΙΟΤΗΤΑ — opposition, contrariety, a contrariety, hostility, a hostility
- ἘΝΑΝΤΙΟΥΣ — enemies, adversaries, opponents, those who are opposite
- ἘΝΑΝΤΙΩΝ — of opposites, of adversaries, of enemies, of hostile ones
- ἘΝΑΝΤΙΩΣ — contrary, opposite, adversely, in opposition, on the contrary
- ἘΝΑΝΤΙΩΤΑΤΑΙΣ — most opposite, most contrary, most hostile, most adverse
- ἘΝΑΝΤΙΩΤΑΤΟΝ — most opposite, most contrary, most hostile, a most opposite thing, a most contrary thing, a most hostile thing
- ἘΝΑΝΤΙΩΤΑΤΟΣ — most opposite, most contrary, utterly opposed, extremely hostile
- ἘΝΑΝΩ — opposite, in front of, before, against
- ΕΝΑΝΙΟΝ — opposite, contrary, hostile, adverse, an opponent, an adversary
- ΕΝΑΝΤΙ — opposite, in front of, before, against, contrary to
- ΕΝΑΝΤΙΑ — opposite, contrary, hostile, adverse, a hostile, an opposite
- ΕΝΑΝΤΙΑΣ — of opposite, of contrary, of hostile, opposite, contrary, hostile
- ΕΝΑΝΤΙΟ — opposite, contrary, hostile, an opponent, an adversary
- ΕΝΑΝΤΙΟΝ — opposite, over against, contrary, in front of, before, against
- ΕΝΑΝΤΙΟΣ — opposite, contrary, hostile, an opponent, an adversary
- ΕΝΑΝΤΙΟΥΣ — opposite, contrary, hostile, an opponent, an adversary
- ΕΝΑΝΤΙΩΝ — (of) adversaries, (of) opponents, (of) enemies, (of) those who are opposite
- ΕΝΑΝΩ — opposite, in opposition, against, contrary
- ΕΝΑΤΙΑΣ — opposite, contrary, hostile, adverse, (of) the opposite, (of) the contrary, (of) the hostile, (of) the adverse
- ΕΝΑΤΙΟΝ — before, in the presence of, opposite, against, in front of, a thing opposite
- ΠΕΝΑΝΤΙ — opposite, over against, before, in front of
- ΤΟΥΝΑΤΙΟΝ — on the contrary, on the other hand, instead
- ΤΟΥΣἘΝΑΝΤΙΟΥΣ — the adversaries, the opponents, the enemies, the opposing ones, the contrary ones
- ΥΠΕΝΑΝΤΙΑ — opposite, contrary, adverse, hostile
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